Chishū Ryū

Known for ActingBorn 1904-05-13Died 1993-03-16Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Greatest Man in the World

The Longest Tunnel

Flower and Dragon

I Want to Be a Shellfish

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

Flying in the Air

All is Well

All is Well 2

Beauty of Life

The Man Who Has Returned

Physical Beauty

Wife Lost

Dreams of Youth

Tora-san's Pure Love

Tora-san Goes North

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Fight for the Glory

The Soundless Cry

The Radish and the Carrot

Futari dake no toride

Tange Sazen

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter

The Youth and His Amulet

Bandits on the Wind

Master Fencer Sees the World

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Tora-san, the Expert

Tora-san's Promise

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

College Is a Nice Place

Couple on the Move

Tora-san Confesses

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

Tora-san Plays Daddy

Tora-san's Island Encounter

Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san, My Uncle

Tora-san's Love Call

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

Tora-san Loves an Artist

The Storm

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Stage-Struck Tora-san