Chishū Ryū
Acting
Biography
Chishu Ryu (May 13, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan – March 16, 1993 in Yokohama, Japan) was a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 155 films, including Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953) and Yoshitaro Nomura's Castle of Sand (1974). From 1969 until his death, Ryu became familiar to a new generation as the curmudgeonly but benevolent Buddhist priest in Yoji Yamada's Tora-san movie series (a role he parodied to great effect in a cameo in Juzo Itami's 1984 comedy, The Funeral). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: May 13, 1904
Place of Birth: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Known For
The Radish and the Carrot
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…
Flower and Dragon
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
The Storm
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
Talk of the Town Tora-san
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Tora-san Plays Daddy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Tora-san Goes North
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Tora-san's Pure Love
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
Filmography
as High Priest
as High Priest
as Judge
as High Priest
as Mr. Mori
as Self
as High Priest
as Old Man
as Gozen-sama
as the High Priest
as Gozen-sama
as Former Priest
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as Hermit
as the High Priest
as Toku Nagai
as the High Priest
as Self
as the High Priest
as The Priest
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as Self
as the High Priest
as Gozen-sama
as Saiji Akutsu
as the High Priest
as Gozen-sama
as Gozen-sama
as Gozen-sama
as Priest
as Gozen-sama
as Gozen-sama
as Gozen-sama
as Priest
as Gozensama
as Gozen-sama
as 造園主・吉野公平
as Priest
as Kadomae
as Gozen-sama
as the High Priest
as Gozen-sama
as Kojuro Kirihara
as Gozen-sama
as Takushoku
as Takuan
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as Ishizaki Senzo
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as the High Priest
as Instructor Takeyama
as Genzo, So's father
as High Priest
as Priest
as High Priest
as Gozensama
as Gozen-sama
as General Maresuke Nogi
as Bookstore Man
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
as Tamotsu's Grandfather
as Yasuhide Shima
as Heitarô Misawa
as 直木良彦
as Mr. Yasumoto
as Tateno
as Gôzô Tôyama
as Maruhashi Gotaro
as Noriko's Father
as 中川正一
as Shuhei Hirayama
as Sokei Nambo
as Neighbor
as Kinjiro Ishikawa
as Farmer
as Ebara
as Ozeki Hitoshi
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
as Shukichi Miwa
as Tsukue
as Vice-Admiral Shibata
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
as Old man in the park
as Monk
as Kinoshita
as Shinichirô Atsumi
as Theatre Owner
as Detective Shiozaki
as Keitaro Hayashi
as Kôzô's father
as Komiya
as Ichiro Ishimaru
as Naoji Kageyama
as Professor Fujii
as Shukichi Mikami
as Toyozo Yuki
as Shukichi Sugiyama
as Genroku, the father
as Det. Hasegawa
as Kiichi Onodera
as Masao - Age 73
as Hasegawa
as Shingo Mori
as Asai Mokichi
as Otoko Sensei
as 神尾備前守
as Shukichi Hirayama
as Sadao Hirayama
as Mr. Uemura
as Tarobei Kamiya
as Koichi Mamiya
as Father
as Kosaku Uemura
as Principal
as Ryôen Toba
as Tadachika Munekata
as Shukichi Somiya
as Kazuichiro Satake
as Chief of police
as Mr. Matsumura
as Tashiro
as 河上耕造
as Tomosuke Takagi
as Teacher (uncredited)
as Major Kikuchi
as Teacher Matsuki
as Nobadama
as Shuhei Horikawa
as Nanmura
as The Boss
as Shojiro's Friend
as Mr. Kusama
as Seizaburō Utsumi
as Shin'ichi Katori
as Policeman
as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
as Tani
as Nenkai Hotta
as Teacher Okubo
as Amano
as Policeman
as Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
as Hattori
as Yukihiko Chiba
as Man on Boat
as Policeman
as Reporter
as Shimazaki
as Home movie projectionist
as (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Student
as Student