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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 13, 1904
Died
March 16, 1993
Place of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- 笠 智衆
- Chishû Ryû
- Ryu Chishu
- Chishuu Ryuu
- Тисю Рю
Chishū Ryū
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
High Priest
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
8.0
High Priest
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
5.5
Judge
Luminous Moss
1992
8.0
High Priest
Tora-san Confesses
1991
6.7
Mr. Mori
Until the End of the World
1991
0.0
Self
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
8.0
High Priest
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
7.7
Old Man
Dreams
1990
8.7
Gozen-sama
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
8.0
the High Priest
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Credits
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
as High Priest
1997
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
as High Priest
1992
8.0
Luminous Moss
as Judge
1992
5.5
Tora-san Confesses
as High Priest
1991
8.0
Until the End of the World
as Mr. Mori
1991
6.7
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
1990
0.0
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as High Priest
1990
8.0
Dreams
as Old Man
1990
7.7
Tora-san, My Uncle
as Gozen-sama
1989
8.7
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as the High Priest
1989
8.0
Until Spring Comes
1989
0.0
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Gozen-sama
1988
8.5
A Taxing Woman's Return
as Former Priest
1988
6.3
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
as Self
1988
7.0
Tora-san Plays Daddy
as the High Priest
1987
9.0
An Early Autumn
1987
0.0
Tora-san Goes North
as the High Priest
1987
8.7
Crybaby Chacha
1987
0.0
自由な女神たち
1987
6.0
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
as the High Priest
1986
7.5
The Greatest Man in the World
as Hermit
1986
0.0
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
6.1
Tora-san's Island Encounter
as the High Priest
1985
8.0
And Then
as Toku Nagai
1985
7.0
And Then
1985
7.0
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as the High Priest
1985
6.5
Tokyo-Ga
as Self
1985
7.0
When Winter Comes
1985
0.0
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as the High Priest
1984
8.0
The Funeral
as The Priest
1984
7.1
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as the High Priest
1984
8.0
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Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
0.0
Tora-san Goes Religious?
as the High Priest
1983
8.0
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
5.2
I Lived, But...
as Self
1983
6.5
Tora-san's Song of Love
as the High Priest
1983
8.0
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
0.0
Tora-san, the Expert
as Gozen-sama
1982
8.5
When We are Old
1982
0.0
The Longest Tunnel
as Saiji Akutsu
1982
0.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as the High Priest
1982
8.0
Tora-san's Promise
as Gozen-sama
1981
8.0
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as Gozen-sama
1981
8.5
Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Gozen-sama
1980
7.5
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
0.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
as Priest
1980
8.0
A-Un
1980
0.0
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
8.0
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Gozen-sama
1979
8.5
Tokyo Suburbia
1979
0.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Gozen-sama
1978
9.0
Monument to Holy Service
1978
0.0
Stage-Struck Tora-san
as Gozen-sama
1978
8.0
Haguregumo
1978
6.5
Tora-san Plays Cupid
as Priest
1977
7.7
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as Gozensama
1977
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love
as Gozen-sama
1976
8.5
Oretachi no toki
1976
0.0
Hi no kuni ni
as 造園主・吉野公平
1976
0.0
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Priest
1976
9.0
The Roads Men Travel
as Kadomae
1976
8.2
Tora-san, the Intellectual
as Gozen-sama
1975
7.7
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as the High Priest
1975
8.0
Kyukei no Koya
1975
0.0
Tora-san's Lullaby
as Gozen-sama
1974
7.5
The Castle of Sand
as Kojuro Kirihara
1974
7.3
Tora-san's Lovesick
as Gozen-sama
1974
7.3
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
0.0
Machi no Hi
as Takushoku
1974
0.0
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
8.0
Miyamoto Musashi
as Takuan
1973
7.1
Flower and Dragon
1973
10.0
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as the High Priest
1973
8.0
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as the High Priest
1972
7.6
Home from the Sea
as Ishizaki Senzo
1972
7.3
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as the High Priest
1972
7.5
Tora-san's Love Call
as the High Priest
1971
8.0
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as the High Priest
1971
7.8
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
0.0
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as the High Priest
1971
7.2
High-School Outcasts
as Instructor Takeyama
1970
0.0
The Last Kamikaze
1970
6.0
Where Spring Comes Late
as Genzo, So's father
1970
7.6
Tora-san's Runaway
as High Priest
1970
7.8
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as Priest
1970
7.4
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as High Priest
1970
7.0
Fight for the Glory
1969
0.0
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as Gozensama
1969
6.8
It's Tough Being a Man
as Gozen-sama
1969
8.1
Battle of the Japan Sea
as General Maresuke Nogi
1969
6.0
The Lonely Scalpel
1969
0.0
Scrap Collectors
1968
0.0
The Human Bullet
as Bookstore Man
1968
5.8
Traveling in Party
1967
6.0
Japan's Longest Day
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
1967
7.2
The Black Sheep
1967
0.0
Oyuki
1966
0.0
Come Marry Me
as Tamotsu's Grandfather
1966
6.0
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
0.0
Warm Current
as Yasuhide Shima
1966
0.0
The Four Loves
as Heitarô Misawa
1965
0.0
Tamayura
as 直木良彦
1965
0.0
Red Beard
as Mr. Yasumoto
1965
8.1
The Soundless Cry
as Tateno
1965
8.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
10.0
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
7.0
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Gôzô Tôyama
1964
5.3
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
0.0
Blue Eyed Bride
as Maruhashi Gotaro
1964
0.0
Dislikes
1964
0.0
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
0.0
Tange Sazen
1963
0.0
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
0.0
Double Wedding
as Noriko's Father
1963
0.0
Futari dake no toride
1963
0.0
🎬
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
0.0
Sakiko-san chotto
as 中川正一
1963
0.0
An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuhei Hirayama
1962
7.8
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
0.0
Four Sisters
1962
6.0
Yoru no keisha
1962
0.0
Love Under the Crucifix
as Sokei Nambo
1962
6.9
Flower in a Storm
1962
0.0
Dolls floating down the river
as Neighbor
1962
0.0
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
0.0
The Wiser Age
as Kinjiro Ishikawa
1962
7.3
Bandits on the Wind
1961
0.0
The End of Summer
as Farmer
1961
7.5
The Last War
as Ebara
1961
6.2
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
0.0
A Good Man, A Good Day
as Ozeki Hitoshi
1961
0.0
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
0.0
Door of Flowers
1961
0.0
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
1961
8.4
Late Autumn
as Shukichi Miwa
1960
7.7
Satan's Sword
as Tsukue
1960
6.6
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
0.0
Internees of Kampili
as Vice-Admiral Shibata
1960
0.0
The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
1960
7.7
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
1960
0.0
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Old man in the park
1960
7.1
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Monk
1960
0.0
Only She Knows
1960
0.0
The Wandering Princess
as Kinoshita
1960
6.7
Spring Dreams
as Shinichirô Atsumi
1960
5.6
Floating Weeds
as Theatre Owner
1959
7.5
Love in the Mountains
1959
0.0
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Shiozaki
1959
0.0
The White Road Across the River
1959
0.0
Good Morning
as Keitaro Hayashi
1959
7.7
Farewell to Spring
as Kôzô's father
1959
6.2
I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Komiya
1959
10.0
Bridge
1959
0.0
The Path Under the Platanes
as Ichiro Ishimaru
1959
0.0
The Snow Flurry
1959
6.7
The Eternal Rainbow
as Naoji Kageyama
1958
6.3
The College Hero
as Professor Fujii
1958
0.0
Equinox Flower
as Shukichi Mikami
1958
7.4
The Rickshaw Man
as Toyozo Yuki
1958
7.2
White Blaze
1958
0.0
🎬
Hearts A-Flutter
as Shingo Wakasugi
1957
0.0
Tokyo Twilight
as Shukichi Sugiyama
1957
7.7
The Crowded Train
as Genroku, the father
1957
6.8
The Face
as Det. Hasegawa
1957
0.0
Flying in the Air
1957
0.0
The Storm
1956
9.0
Early Spring
as Kiichi Onodera
1956
7.5
Eyes of Children
1956
7.0
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as Masao - Age 73
1955
6.9
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
0.0
The First Kiss
as Hasegawa
1955
6.3
🎬
Stray Sheep
as Professor Hirota
1955
0.0
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
0.0
The Refugee
1955
0.0
Striving to Live
1955
0.0
All is Well 2
1955
0.0
All is Well
as Shingo Mori
1955
0.0
The Moon Has Risen
as Asai Mokichi
1955
6.8
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Otoko Sensei
1954
7.7
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
0.0
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
7.0
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
0.0
慶安水滸傳
as 神尾備前守
1954
0.0
Love Letter
1953
6.8
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
6.5
Tokyo Story
as Shukichi Hirayama
1953
8.2
Always in My Heart
1953
6.8
Mole Alley
1953
0.0
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
0.0
Sisters
1953
0.0
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
0.0
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
0.0
Dôkoku
1952
0.0
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Sadao Hirayama
1952
7.6
Kare o korosu na
1952
0.0
Kyōshū
1952
0.0
Youth of the Son
as Mr. Uemura
1952
6.6
The Waves
1952
5.0
Beauty of Life
1951
0.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tarobei Kamiya
1951
4.7
Early Summer
as Koichi Mamiya
1951
7.8
Boyhood
as Father
1951
6.7
Freedom School
1951
0.0
Home Sweet Home
as Kosaku Uemura
1951
6.8
Carmen Comes Home
as Principal
1951
6.0
The Good Fairy
as Ryôen Toba
1951
5.1
The Munekata Sisters
as Tadachika Munekata
1950
7.0
Forgotten Children
1949
0.0
Late Spring
as Shukichi Somiya
1949
8.0
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
0.0
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
0.0
The Fourth Lady
1948
0.0
Living Image
1948
0.0
A Hen in the Wind
as Kazuichiro Satake
1948
7.1
Great X
as Chief of police
1948
0.0
A Visage to Remember
1948
6.3
Children Hand in Hand
as Mr. Matsumura
1948
0.0
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Tashiro
1947
7.1
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
7.0
🎬
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
0.0
🎬
Iki na fûraibô
as Chôgorô Yamamoto
1946
0.0
最後の攘夷党
1945
0.0
🎬
Sennichimae fukin
1945
0.0
Izu no musumetachi
1945
0.0
Otome no iru kichi
1945
0.0
Gekimetsu no uta
as 河上耕造
1945
0.0
Army
as Tomosuke Takagi
1944
6.7
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
0.0
Sailor
as Teacher (uncredited)
1944
0.0
Navy
as Major Kikuchi
1943
0.0
Our Planes Fly South
as Teacher Matsuki
1943
0.0
Port of Flowers
as Nobadama
1943
7.0
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
0.0
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
0.0
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
0.0
South Wind 2
1942
0.0
South Wind
1942
0.0
There Was a Father
as Shuhei Horikawa
1942
7.0
Ornamental Hairpin
as Nanmura
1941
6.7
Flower
1941
0.0
Let's Go in Good Spirits
as The Boss
1941
0.0
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
as Shojiro's Friend
1941
6.8
Introspection Tower
as Mr. Kusama
1941
6.7
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
0.0
🎬
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1940
0.0
Mother is Strong
1939
0.0
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
6.0
Spring Thunder
1939
0.0
A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Seizaburō Utsumi
1939
5.6
Southern Wind
1939
0.0
Queen of the Wind
1938
0.0
The Lights of Asakusa
as Shin'ichi Katori
1937
5.6
Children in the Wind
as Policeman
1937
7.6
🎬
Goodbye to the Front
1937
0.0
The Golden Demon
as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
1937
6.0
🎬
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as George
1937
6.0
A Star Athlete
as Tani
1937
6.0
Song of the Flower Basket
as Nenkai Hotta
1937
0.0
🎬
Moon Over the Ruins
as Conductor
1937
5.0
The New Road: Akemi
1936
7.0
Housewife Camellia
1936
0.0
The Only Son
as Teacher Okubo
1936
7.4
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
0.0
College Is a Nice Place
as Amano
1936
0.0
An Inn in Tokyo
as Policeman
1935
6.9
A Story of Floating Weeds
as Audience Member
1934
7.1
A Mother Should Be Loved
as Hattori
1934
5.7
Street Without End
as Yukihiko Chiba
1934
6.6
Love
1933
0.0
Passing Fancy
as Man on Boat
1933
6.5
Dragnet Girl
as Policeman
1933
6.7
Woman of Tokyo
as Reporter
1933
6.8
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Shimazaki
1932
6.5
I Was Born, But...
as Home movie projectionist
1932
7.5
The Lady and the Beard
as (uncredited)
1931
5.9
That Night's Wife
as Policeman
1930
6.5
I Flunked, But...
as Student
1930
5.9
Days of Youth
as Student
1929
5.5
Physical Beauty
1928
0.0
🎬
Couple on the Move
1928
0.0
Pumpkin
1928
0.0
Wife Lost
1928
0.0
Dreams of Youth
1928
0.0