Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
May 13, 1904 (121 years old)
Death date
Mar 16, 1993
Chishū Ryū
Known For
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.
Acting
1993
Talking with Ozu
1992
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
Luminous Moss
1991
Tora-san Confesses
1991
Until the End of the World
1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
Dreams
1989
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Until Spring Comes
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
An Early Autumn
1987
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Crybaby Chacha
1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
When Winter Comes