Chishū Ryū
Birthday
1904/05/13
Day of death
1993/03/16 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
笠 智衆, Chishû Ryû, Ryu Chishu, Chishuu Ryuu, Тисю Рю
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 Ju...Read more
Acting
(1948) The Fourth Lady
as ---
(1982) The Longest Tunnel
as Saiji Akutsu
(1965) Red Beard
as Mr. Yasumoto
(1990) Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as ---
(1991) Tora-san Confesses
as ---
(1987) Crybaby Chacha
as ---
(1949) Late Spring
as Shukichi Somiya
(1956) Early Spring
as Kiichi Onodera
(1955) Striving to Live
as ---
(1960) Late Autumn
as Shukichi Miwa
(1960) The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
(1985) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as A monk
(1959) Love in the Mountains
as ---
(1942) There Was a Father
as Shuhei Horikawa
(1961) The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
(1952) Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
as ---
(1941) Let's Go in Good Spirits
as The Boss
(1958) Equinox Flower
as Shukichi Mikami
(1959) Good Morning
as Keitaro Hayashi
(1961) The End of Summer
as Farmer
(1943) Kaisen no Zenya
as ---
(1945) Gekimetsu no uta
as 河上耕造
(1934) Street Without End
as Yukihiko Chiba
(1984) The Funeral
as The Priest
(1962) Dolls floating down the river
as Neighbor
(1954) Twenty-Four Eyes
as Otoko Sensei
(1958) The Rickshaw Man
as Shigezo Yuki
(1962) Zoku aizen katsura
as ---
(1963) Futari dake no toride
as ---
(1962) Flower in a Storm
as ---
(1953) Mole Alley
as ---
(1945) Otome no iru kichi
as ---
(1967) Japan's Longest Day
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
(1959) Floating Weeds
as Theatre Owner
(1965) The Soundless Cry
as Tateno
(1953) Tokyo Story
as Shukichi Hirayama
(1930) That Night's Wife
as Policeman
(1962) An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuhei Hirayama
(1951) Early Summer
as Koichi Mamiya
(1936) The Only Son
as Teacher Okubo
(1947) Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Tashiro
(1957) Tokyo Twilight
as Shukichi Sugiyama
(1952) The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Sadao Hirayama
(1950) The Munekata Sisters
as Tadachika Munekata
(1985) Tokyo-Ga
as Self
(1941) Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
as Shojiro's Friend
(1946) Iki na fûraibô
as Chôgorô Yamamoto
(1959) Bridge
as ---
(1961) The Last War
as Ebara
(1971) Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
as ---
(1968) The Human Bullet
as Bookstore Man
(1951) Carmen Comes Home
as Principal
(1969) Battle of the Japan Sea
as General Maresuke Nogi
(1933) Woman of Tokyo
as Reporter
(1951) Boyhood
as Father
(1941) Ornamental Hairpin
as Nanmura
(1955) She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as Masao - Age 73
(1960) Master Fencer Sees the World
as ---
(1952) Youth of the Son
as Mr. Uemura
(1933) Passing Fancy
as Man on Boat
(1934) A Mother Should Be Loved
as Hattori
(1940) Utsukushiki Rinjin
as ---
(1976) Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Priest
(1970) Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as Priest
(1959) The Snow Flurry
as ---
(1944) Army
as Tomosuke Takagi
(1972) Home from the Sea
as Ishizaki Senzo
(1992) Luminous Moss
as Judge
(1958) White Blaze
as ---
(1944) Sailor
as Teacher (uncredited)
(1937) Children in the Wind
as Policeman
(1983) Tora-san Goes Religious?
as the High Priest
(1958) The Eternal Rainbow
as Naoji Kageyama
(1937) A Star Athlete
as Tani
(1936) Boy Aviation Pilots
as ---
(1936) Housewife Camellia
as ---
(1960) Spring Dreams
as Shinichirô Atsumi
(1938) Queen of the Wind
as ---
(1939) Mother is Strong
as ---
(1972) Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as the High Priest
(1939) Southern Wind
as ---
(1941) Flower
as ---
(1942) South Wind
as ---
(1971) Tora-san's Love Call
as the High Priest
(1962) Yoru no keisha
as ---
(1962) Love Under the Crucifix
as Sokei Nambo
(1970) Where Spring Comes Late
as Genzo, So's father
(1974) Tora-san's Lovesick
as Gozen-sama
(1960) The Wandering Princess
as Kinoshita
(1955) The Moon Has Risen
as Asai Mokichi
(1974) Tora-san's Lullaby
as Gozen-sama
(1954) 慶安水滸傳
as 神尾備前守
(1975) Tora-san, the Intellectual
as Gozen-sama
(1947) The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
as ---
(1976) Tora-san's Pure Love
as Gozen-sama
(1977) Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as Gozensama
(1965) The Radish and the Carrot
as ---
(1937) Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as George
(1962) Drunkard's Paradise
as ---
(1943) Navy
as Major Kikuchi
(1955) All is Well
as Shingo Mori
(1955) All is Well 2
as ---
(1977) Tora-san Plays Cupid
as Priest
(1937) The Lights of Asakusa
as Shin'ichi Katori
(1960) Satan's Sword
as Tsukue
(1952) Kare o korosu na
as ---
(1952) Kyōshū
as ---
(1951) Home Sweet Home
as Kosaku Uemura
(1953) Sisters
as ---
(1954) Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
as ---
(1968) Scrap Collectors
as ---
(1961) Door of Flowers
as ---
(1956) The Storm
as ---
(1989) Tora-san, My Uncle
as Gozen-sama
(1943) Port of Flowers
as Nobadama
(1992) Tora-san Makes Excuses
as ---
(1951) Freedom School
as ---
(1944) The Man Who Has Returned
as ---
(1978) Stage-Struck Tora-san
as Gozen-sama
(1930) I Flunked, But...
as Class mate
(1957) Flying in the Air
as ---
(1932) Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Shimazaki
(1933) Dragnet Girl
as Policeman
(1978) Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Gozen-sama
(1990) Dreams
as Old Man
(1943) Our Planes Fly South
as Teacher Matsuki
(1969) It's Tough Being a Man
as Gozen-sama
(1978) Monument to Holy Service
as ---
(1979) Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Gozen-sama
(1931) The Lady and the Beard
as (uncredited)
(1964) Dislikes
as ---
(1957) The Crowded Train
as Genroku, the father
(1960) Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
as ---
(1955) Life's Simple Pleasures
as ---
(1960) Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Old man in the park
(1982) When We are Old
as ---
(1945) Sennichimae fukin
as ---
(1989) Until Spring Comes
as ---
(1985) When Winter Comes
as ---
(1942) South Wind 2
as ---
(1946) The Woman Who Holds the Key
as ---
(1974) The Castle of Sand
as Kojuro Kirihara
(1991) Until the End of the World
as Mr. Mori
(1953) Always in My Heart Part 2
as ---
(1953) Always in My Heart
as ---
(1954) Always in My Heart Part 3
as ---
(1951) Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tarobei Kamiya
(1970) The Last Kamikaze
as ---
(1967) Traveling in Party
as ---
(1951) The Good Fairy
as Ryôen Toba
(1959) Farewell to Spring
as Kôzô's father
(1953) Love Letter
as ---
(1955) The First Kiss
as Hasegawa
(1962) The Wiser Age
as Kinjiro Ishikawa
(1934) A Story of Floating Weeds
as Audience Member
(1935) An Inn in Tokyo
as Policeman
(1973) Tora-san's Forget Me Not
as the High Priest
(1988) Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Gozen-sama
(1986) Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
as the High Priest
(1987) Tora-san Plays Daddy
as the High Priest
(1982) Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as the High Priest
(1981) Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as Gozen-sama
(1981) Tora-san's Promise
as Gozen-sama
(1985) Tora-san, the Go-Between
as the High Priest
(1982) Tora-san, the Expert
as Gozen-sama
(1985) Tora-san's Island Encounter
as the High Priest
(1983) Tora-san's Song of Love
as the High Priest
(1980) Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Gozen-sama
(1964) Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Gôzô Tôyama
(1955) Stray Sheep
as Professor Hirota
(1963) Rush to Our Sweetheart
as ---
(1988) Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio
as Self
(1963) Tange Sazen
as ---
(1948) A Visage to Remember
as ---
(1960) Internees of Kampili
as Vice-Admiral Shibata
(1986) Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as ---
(1937) The Golden Demon
as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
(1929) Days of Youth
as Student
(1937) Song of the Flower Basket
as Nenkai Hotta
(1967) The Black Sheep
as ---
(1962) Four Sisters
as ---
(1940) Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
as ---
(1976) Oretachi no toki
as ---
(1970) High-School Outcasts
as Instructor Takeyama
(1983) I Lived, But...
as Self
(1955) The Refugee
as ---
(1973) Miyamoto Musashi
as Takuan
(1983) Lanterns on Blue Waters
as ---
(1973) Flower and Dragon
as ---
(1952) The Waves
as ---
(1984) Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as the High Priest
(1948) Great X
as Chief of police
(1937) Moon Over the Ruins
as Conductor
(1948) Children Hand in Hand
as Mr. Matsumura
(1956) Eyes of Children
as ---
(1957) The Face
as Det. Hasegawa
(1969) Fight for the Glory
as ---
(1980) Tora-san's Tropical Fever
as Priest
(1959) I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Komiya
(1936) College Is a Nice Place
as Amano
(1928) Physical Beauty
as ---
(1928) Couple on the Move
as ---
(1928) Pumpkin
as ---
(1928) Wife Lost
as ---
(1969) Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as Gozensama
(1960) Only She Knows
as ---
(1970) Tora-san, His Tender Love
as High Priest
(1961) The Youth and His Amulet
as ---
(1984) Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as the High Priest
(1985) And Then
as ---
(1941) Introspection Tower
as Mr. Kusama
(1963) A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
as ---
(1952) Dôkoku
as ---
(1936) The New Road: Akemi
as ---
(1970) Tora-san's Runaway
as High Priest
(1966) Come Marry Me
as Tamotsu's Grandfather
(1964) Gazing at Love and Death
as ---
(1986) The Greatest Man in the World
as Hermit
(1948) A Hen in the Wind
as Kazuichiro Satake
(1988) A Taxing Woman's Return
as Former Priest
(1957) Hearts A-Flutter
as Shingo Wakasugi
(1990) Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
(1945) Izu no musumetachi
as ---
(1965) The Four Loves
as Heitarô Misawa
(1928) Dreams of Youth
as ---
(1973) Tora-san Loves an Artist
as ---
(1975) Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as the High Priest
(1979) Tora-san's Dream of Spring
as ---
(1963) Double Wedding
as Noriko's Father
(1949) Ishimatsu of the Forest
as ---
(1993) Talking with Ozu
as Self (archival footage)
(1939) A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Seizaburō Utsumi
(1983) Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
as ---
(1960) Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Monk
(1972) Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as the High Priest
(1971) Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as the High Priest
(1971) Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as the High Priest
(1987) Tora-san Goes North
as the High Priest
(1989) Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as the High Priest
(1937) Goodbye to the Front
as ---
(1939) Spring Thunder
as ---
(1974) Machi no Hi
as Takushoku
(1964) Aoimoku no yome-han
as Maruhashi Gotaro
(1966) Warm Current
as Yasuhide Shima
(1953) Aiyoku no sabaki
as ---
(1943) Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
as ---
(1954) Haru no Wakakusa
as ---
(1951) Beauty of Life
as ---
(1949) Forgotten Children
as ---
(1939) New Woman Question and Answer
as ---
(1948) Living Image
as ---
(1933) Love
as ---
(1949) Kekkon Sanjûshi
as ---
(1961) A Good Man, A Good Day
as Ozeki Hitoshi
(1959) A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Shiozaki
(1974) Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
as ---
(1975) Kyukei no Koya
as ---
(1959) The White Road Across the River
as ---
(1964) I'm a Bodyguard
as ---
(1945) 最後の攘夷党
as ---
(1966) Oyuki
as ---
(1961) Shin Jinsei Gekijo
as ---
(1953) Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
as ---
(1955) Subarashiki shōtai
as ---
(1976) The Roads Men Travel
as Kadomae
(1980) A-Un
as ---
(1987) An Early Autumn
as ---
(1978) Haguregumo
as ---
(1976) Hi no kuni ni
as 造園主・吉野公平
(1965) Tamayura
as 直木良彦
(1980) Zoku zoku jiken
as ---
(1979) Tokyo Suburbia
as ---