
Chishū Ryū
Acting
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.

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
High Priest

Tora-san Makes Excuses
High Priest

Luminous Moss
Judge

Tora-san Confesses
High Priest

Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori

Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self

Tora-san Takes a Vacation
High Priest

Making of 'Dreams'
Self

Dreams
Old Man

Tora-san, My Uncle
Gozen-sama

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
the High Priest

Until Spring Comes

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Gozen-sama

A Taxing Woman's Return
Former Priest

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Self

Tora-san Plays Daddy
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Tora-san Goes North
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Crybaby Chacha

Carefree Goddesses

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
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The Greatest Man in the World
Hermit

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Tora-san's Island Encounter
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And Then

And Then
Toku Nagai

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen

Tora-san, the Go-Between
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Tokyo-Ga
Self

When Winter Comes

Tora-san's Forbidden Love
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The Funeral
The Priest

Marriage Counselor Tora-san
the High Priest
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

Tora-san Goes Religious?
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Lanterns on Blue Waters

I Lived, But...
Self

Tora-san's Song of Love
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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

Tora-san, the Expert
Gozen-sama

When We are Old

The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
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Tora-san's Promise
Gozen-sama

Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Gozen-sama

Foster Daddy, Tora!
Gozen-sama

Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Priest

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Gozen-sama

Talk of the Town Tora-san
Gozen-sama

Monument to Holy Service

Stage-Struck Tora-san
Gozen-sama

Tora-san Plays Cupid
Priest

Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Gozensama

Tora-san's Pure Love
Gozen-sama

Oretachi no toki

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Priest

Tora-san, the Intellectual
Gozen-sama

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
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Kyukei no Koya

Tora-san's Lullaby
Gozen-sama

The Castle of Sand
Kojuro Kirihara

Tora-san's Lovesick
Gozen-sama

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

Machi no Hi
Takushoku

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Miyamoto Musashi
Takuan

Flower and Dragon

Tora-san's Forget Me Not
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
The High Priest

Home from the Sea
Ishizaki Senzo

Tora-san's Dear Old Home
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Tora-san's Love Call
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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho

Tora-san's Shattered Romance
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High-School Outcasts
Instructor Takeyama

The Last Kamikaze

Where Spring Comes Late
Genzo, So's father

Tora-san's Runaway
High Priest

Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Priest

Tora-san, His Tender Love
High Priest

Fight for the Glory

Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Gozensama

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Gozen-sama

Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi

Scrap Collectors

The Human Bullet
Bookstore Man

Traveling in Party

Japan's Longest Day
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

The Black Sheep

Oyuki

Come Marry Me
Tamotsu's Grandfather

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

Warm Current
Yasuhide Shima

The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa

Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto

The Soundless Cry
Tateno

The Radish and the Carrot

Gazing at Love and Death

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama

I'm a Bodyguard

Blue Eyed Bride
Maruhashi Gotaro

Dislikes

Monrō no yōna onna

Tange Sazen

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter

Double Wedding
Noriko's Father

Futari dake no toride
Rush to Our Sweetheart

Sakiko-san chotto
中川正一

An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama

Zoku aizen katsura

Four Sisters

Yoru no keisha

Love Under the Crucifix
Sokei Nambo

Flower in a Storm

Dolls floating down the river
Neighbor

Drunkard's Paradise

The Wiser Age
Kinjiro Ishikawa

Bandits on the Wind

The End of Summer
Farmer

The Last War
Ebara

The Youth and His Amulet

A Good Man, A Good Day
Ozeki Hitoshi

Shin Jinsei Gekijo

Door of Flowers

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô

Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa

Satan's Sword
Tsukue

Master Fencer Sees the World

Internees of Kampili
Vice-Admiral Shibata

The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Nonaka

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Old man in the park

Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Monk

Only She Knows

The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita

Spring Dreams
Shinichirô Atsumi

Floating Weeds
Theatre Owner

Love in the Mountains

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Shiozaki

The White Road Across the River

Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi

Farewell to Spring
Kôzô's father

I Want to Be a Shellfish
Komiya

Bridge

The Path Under the Platanes
Ichiro Ishimaru

The Snow Flurry

The Eternal Rainbow
Naoji Kageyama

The College Hero
Professor Fujii

Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami

The Rickshaw Man
Toyozo Yuki

White Blaze
Hearts A-Flutter
Shingo Wakasugi

Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama

The Crowded Train
Genroku, the father

The Face
Det. Hasegawa

Flying in the Air

The Storm
The Wicked Boy

Early Spring
Kiichi Onodera

Eyes of Children

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Masao - Age 73

Subarashiki shōtai

The First Kiss
Hasegawa
Stray Sheep
Professor Hirota

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

The Refugee

Striving to Live

All is Well 2

All is Well
Shingo Mori

The Moon Has Risen
Asai Mokichi

Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass

Always in My Heart Part 3

Haru no Wakakusa

慶安水滸傳
神尾備前守

Love Letter

Always in My Heart Part 2

Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama

Always in My Heart

Mole Alley

Aiyoku no sabaki

Sisters

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Dôkoku

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Sadao Hirayama

Kare o korosu na

Kyōshū

Youth of the Son
Mr. Uemura

The Waves

Beauty of Life

Fireworks Over the Sea
Tarobei Kamiya

Early Summer
Koichi Mamiya

Boyhood
Father

Freedom School

Home Sweet Home
Kosaku Uemura

Carmen Comes Home
Principal

The Good Fairy
Ryôen Toba

The Munekata Sisters
Tadachika Munekata

Forgotten Children

Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Kekkon Sanjûshi

The Fourth Lady

Living Image

A Hen in the Wind
Kazuichiro Satake

Great X
Chief of police

A Visage to Remember

Children Hand in Hand
Mr. Matsumura

Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Tashiro

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Iki na fûraibô
Chôgorô Yamamoto

最後の攘夷党
Sennichimae fukin

Izu no musumetachi

Otome no iru kichi

Gekimetsu no uta
河上耕造

Army
Tomosuke Takagi

The Man Who Has Returned

Sailor
Teacher (uncredited)

Navy
Major Kikuchi

Our Planes Fly South
Teacher Matsuki

Port of Flowers
Nobadama

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home

Kaisen no Zenya

South Wind 2

South Wind

There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa

Ornamental Hairpin
Nanmura

Flower

Let's Go in Good Spirits
The Boss

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend

Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama

Utsukushiki Rinjin
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Mother is Strong

New Woman Question and Answer

Spring Thunder

A Brother and His Younger Sister
Seizaburō Utsumi

Southern Wind

Queen of the Wind

The Lights of Asakusa
Shin'ichi Katori

Children in the Wind
Policeman
Goodbye to the Front

The Golden Demon
Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
George

A Star Athlete
Tani

Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
Moon Over the Ruins
Conductor

The New Road: Akemi

Housewife Camellia

The Only Son
Teacher Okubo

Boy Aviation Pilots

College Is a Nice Place
Amano

An Inn in Tokyo
Policeman

A Story of Floating Weeds
Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)

A Mother Should Be Loved
Hattori

Street Without End
Yukihiko Chiba

Love

Passing Fancy
Man on Boat

Dragnet Girl
Policeman

Woman of Tokyo
Reporter

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki

I Was Born, But...
Home movie projectionist

The Lady and the Beard
(uncredited)

That Night's Wife
Policeman

I Flunked, But...
Student

Days of Youth
Student

Physical Beauty
Couple on the Move

Pumpkin

Wife Lost

Dreams of Youth







