Chishū Ryū
Known for: Acting
Born: May 13, 1904
Died: March 16, 1993
Place of birth: Tachibana, 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.
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Filmography
296 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
8.5
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
8.0
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
6.2
Luminous Moss
1992
7.8
Tora-san Confesses
1991
6.7
Until the End of the World
1991
7.0
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
7.7
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
8.0
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
7.7
Dreams
1990
8.2
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
8.7
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
NR
Until Spring Comes
1989
8.3
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
6.4
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
7.0
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988
8.3
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
NR
An Early Autumn
1987
9.0
Tora-san Goes North
1987
NR
Crybaby Chacha
1987
7.0
Carefree Goddesses
1987
7.3
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
10.0
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
6.6
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
8.3
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
7.2
And Then
1985
7.8
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
6.9
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
7.1
Tokyo-Ga
1985
NR
When Winter Comes
1985
8.0
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
7.1
The Funeral
1984
8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984NR
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
7.7
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
5.8
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
6.8
I Lived, But...
1983
8.3
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
7.0
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
8.7
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
NR
When We are Old
1982
10.0
The Longest Tunnel
1982
8.0
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
8.7
Tora-san's Promise
1981
9.0
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
8.0
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
NR
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
8.3
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
NR
A-Un
1980
8.2
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
8.7
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
NR
Tokyo Suburbia
1979
8.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
8.0
Monument to Holy Service
1978
8.2
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
6.5
Haguregumo
1978
8.0
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
8.8
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
9.2
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
NR
Oretachi no toki
1976
NR
Hi no kuni ni
1976
8.8
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
8.2
The Roads Men Travel
1976
8.2
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
8.2
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
NR
Kyukei no Koya
1975
7.8
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
7.4
The Castle of Sand
1974
8.0
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
NR
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
8.0
Machi no Hi
1974
8.4
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
NR
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973
10.0
Flower and Dragon
1973
8.4
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
8.3
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
7.2
Home from the Sea
1972
8.3
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
8.4
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
8.0
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
NR
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971NR
おれは男だ！
1971
7.7
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
7.0
High-School Outcasts
1970
7.0
The Last Kamikaze
1970
7.7
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
7.9
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
7.7
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
7.4
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
9.0
Fight for the Glory
1969
6.8
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
7.8
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
6.4
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
NR
The Lonely Scalpel
19698.0
Through Days and Months
1969
8.0
Scrap Collectors
1968
6.0
The Human Bullet
1968
6.0
Traveling in Party
1967
7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967
NR
The Black Sheep
1967
NR
Oyuki
1966
7.0
Come Marry Me
1966
NR
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
NR
Warm Current
1966
NR
The Four Loves
1965
NR
Tamayura
1965
8.2
Red Beard
1965
9.0
The Soundless Cry
1965
9.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
7.0
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
5.3
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
8.0
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
NR
Blue Eyed Bride
1964
NR
Dislikes
1964
NR
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
9.0
Tange Sazen
1963
5.0
A Million Girls
1963
9.0
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
NR
Double Wedding
1963
NR
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
9.0
Futari dake no toride
1963NR
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
NR
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
7.9
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
NR
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
6.0
Four Sisters
1962
NR
Yoru no keisha
1962
7.1
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
NR
Flower in a Storm
1962
NR
Dolls floating down the river
1962
NR
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
7.2
The Wiser Age
1962
9.0
Bandits on the Wind
1961
NR
Student Executive
1961
7.5
The End of Summer
1961
6.8
The Last War
1961
9.0
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
NR
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
NR
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
NR
Door of Flowers
1961
8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
7.7
Late Autumn
1960
6.6
Satan's Sword
1960
9.0
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
NR
Internees of Kampili
1960
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
NR
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
NR
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
7.3
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
NR
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
NR
Only She Knows
1960
6.5
The Wandering Princess
1960
6.0
Spring Dreams
1960
7.5
Floating Weeds
1959
NR
Love in the Mountains
1959
10.0
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959
NR
The White Road Across the River
1959
7.7
Good Morning
1959
6.3
Farewell to Spring
1959
10.0
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
NR
Bridge
1959
7.0
The Path Under the Platanes
1959
6.9
The Snow Flurry
1959
7.2
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
8.0
The College Hero
1958
7.4
Equinox Flower
1958
7.2
The Rickshaw Man
1958
NR
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
NR
White Blaze
1958NR
Hearts A-Flutter
1957
NR
The Last Escape
1957
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
6.8
The Crowded Train
1957
NR
The Face
1957
10.0
Flying in the Air
1957
NR
Funny Fellows
1956
NR
Pure Love
1956
8.5
The Storm
1956
NR
The Wicked Boy
1956
NR
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
NR
The Invisible 108th Unit
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
6.7
Eyes of Children
1956
7.0
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
NR
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
6.4
The First Kiss
19557.0
Stray Sheep
1955
NR
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
NR
The Refugee
1955
NR
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
NR
Striving to Live
1955
10.0
All is Well 2
1955
10.0
All is Well
1955
6.9
The Moon Has Risen
1955
7.7
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
NR
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954
NR
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
7.0
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
NR
Autumn Interlude
1954
NR
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
NR
慶安水滸傳
1954
6.8
Love Letter
1953
6.5
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
8.2
Tokyo Story
1953
6.8
Always in My Heart
1953
8.0
Mole Alley
1953
NR
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
NR
Sisters
1953
NR
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
NR
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
NR
Dôkoku
1952
7.5
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
NR
Kare o korosu na
1952
NR
Kyōshū
1952
6.8
Youth of the Son
1952
5.5
The Waves
1952
10.0
Beauty of Life
1951
5.4
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
7.9
Early Summer
1951
6.9
Boyhood
1951
7.0
Freedom School
1951
6.2
Carmen Comes Home
1951
6.8
Home Sweet Home
1951
5.8
The Good Fairy
1951NR
The Actress and the Detective
1950
7.1
The Munekata Sisters
1950
NR
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
NR
Kazanmyaku
1950
8.0
Forgotten Children
1949
8.0
Late Spring
1949
7.0
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
NR
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
NR
The Fourth Lady
1948
NR
Living Image
1948
7.1
A Hen in the Wind
1948NR
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
NR
Great X
1948
6.5
A Visage to Remember
1948
7.0
Children Hand in Hand
1948
NR
The Man of Rumor
1948
7.2
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
7.0
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
NR
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946NR
Iki na fûraibô
1946
7.0
Saigo no joito
1945NR
Sennichimae fukin
1945
8.0
The Young Women of Izu
1945
NR
Otome no iru kichi
1945
8.0
Gekimetsu no uta
1945
6.8
Army
1944
10.0
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
NR
Sailor
1944
8.0
Navy
1943
NR
Our Planes Fly South
1943
7.0
Port of Flowers
1943
NR
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
NR
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
NR
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
NR
South Wind 2
1942
NR
South Wind
1942
7.0
There Was a Father
1942
6.7
Ornamental Hairpin
1941
NR
Flower
1941
NR
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
6.9
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
6.7
Introspection Tower
1941
NR
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940NR
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1940
NR
Mother is Strong
1939
6.0
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
NR
Spring Thunder
1939
6.0
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939
NR
Southern Wind
1939
NR
Queen of the Wind
1938
6.0
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
7.4
Children in the Wind
1937NR
Goodbye to the Front
1937
6.0
The Golden Demon
19376.0
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937
7.5
A Star Athlete
1937
8.0
Song of the Flower Basket
19376.7
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
8.5
The New Road: Akemi
1936
7.0
Housewife Camellia
1936
7.4
The Only Son
1936
NR
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
9.0
College Is a Nice Place
1936
7.1
An Inn in Tokyo
1935
7.2
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
5.8
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
6.6
Street Without End
1934
8.0
Love
1933
6.6
Passing Fancy
1933
6.6
Dragnet Girl
1933
6.8
Woman of Tokyo
1933
6.5
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932
7.5
I Was Born, But...
1932
6.0
The Lady and the Beard
1931
6.3
That Night's Wife
1930
5.9
I Flunked, But...
1930
5.6
Days of Youth
1929
10.0
Physical Beauty
19289.0
Couple on the Move
1928
8.0
Pumpkin
1928
10.0
Wife Lost
1928
10.0
Dreams of Youth
1928