Personal Info
Known Credits
261
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1904-05-13 (121 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Also Known For
笠 智衆Chishû RyûRyu ChishuChishuu RyuuТисю Рю
Chishū Ryū
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 ...
Known For
Acting
1993 --
Talking with Ozu
| Self (archival footage)
1992 --
Tora-san Makes Excuses
|
1992 --
Luminous Moss
| Judge
1991 --
Tora-san Confesses
|
1991 --
Until the End of the World
| Mr. Mori
1990 --
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
| Self
1990 --
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
|
1990 --
Dreams
| Old Man
1989 --
Tora-san, My Uncle
| Gozen-sama
1989 --
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
| the High Priest
1989 --
Until Spring Comes
|
1988 --
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
| Gozen-sama
1988 --
A Taxing Woman's Return
| Former Priest
1988 --
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio
| Self
1987 --
Tora-san Plays Daddy
| the High Priest
1987 --
Tora-san Goes North
| the High Priest
1987 --
Crybaby Chacha
|
1986 --
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
| the High Priest
1986 --
The Greatest Man in the World
| Hermit
1986 --
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
|
1985 --
Tora-san's Island Encounter
| the High Priest
1985 --
And Then
|
1985 --
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
| A monk
1985 --
Tora-san, the Go-Between
| the High Priest
1985 --
Tokyo-Ga
| Self
1985 --
When Winter Comes
|
1984 --
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
| the High Priest
1984 --
The Funeral
| The Priest
1984 --
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
| the High Priest
1983 --
Tora-san Goes Religious?
| the High Priest
1983 --
Lanterns on Blue Waters
|
1983 --
I Lived, But...
| Self
1983 --
Tora-san's Song of Love
| the High Priest
1983 --
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
|
1982 --
Tora-san, the Expert
| Gozen-sama
1982 --
When We are Old
|
1982 --
The Longest Tunnel
| Saiji Akutsu
1982 --
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
| the High Priest
1981 --
Tora-san's Promise
| Gozen-sama
1981 --
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
| Gozen-sama
1980 --
Foster Daddy, Tora!
| Gozen-sama
1980 --
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
| Priest
1979 --
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
|
1979 --
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
| Gozen-sama
1978 --
Talk of the Town Tora-san
| Gozen-sama
1978 --
Monument to Holy Service
|
1978 --
Stage-Struck Tora-san
| Gozen-sama
1977 --
Tora-san Plays Cupid
| Priest
1977 --
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
| Gozensama
1976 --
Tora-san's Pure Love
| Gozen-sama
1976 --
Oretachi no toki
|
1976 --
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
| Priest
1975 --
Tora-san, the Intellectual
| Gozen-sama
1975 --
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
| the High Priest
1975 --
Kyukei no Koya
|
1974 --
Tora-san's Lullaby
| Gozen-sama
1974 --
The Castle of Sand
| Kojuro Kirihara
1974 --
Tora-san's Lovesick
| Gozen-sama
1974 --
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
|
1974 --
Machi no Hi
| Takushoku
1973 --
Tora-san Loves an Artist
|
1973 --
Miyamoto Musashi
| Takuan
1973 --
Flower and Dragon
|
1973 --
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
| the High Priest
1972 --
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
| the High Priest
1972 --
Home from the Sea
| Ishizaki Senzo
1972 --
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
| the High Priest
1971 --
Tora-san's Love Call
| the High Priest
1971 --
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
| the High Priest
1971 --
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
|
1971 --
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
| the High Priest
1970 --
High-School Outcasts
| Instructor Takeyama
1970 --
The Last Kamikaze
|
1970 --
Where Spring Comes Late
| Genzo, So's father
1970 --
Tora-san's Runaway
| High Priest
1970 --
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
| Priest
1970 --
Tora-san, His Tender Love
| High Priest
1969 --
Fight for the Glory
|
1969 --
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
| Gozensama
1969 --
It's Tough Being a Man
| Gozen-sama
1969 --
Battle of the Japan Sea
| General Maresuke Nogi
1968 --
Scrap Collectors
|
1968 --
The Human Bullet
| Bookstore Man
1967 --
Traveling in Party
|
1967 --
Japan's Longest Day
| Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
1967 --
The Black Sheep
|
1966 --
Oyuki
|
1966 --
Come Marry Me
| Tamotsu's Grandfather
1966 --
Warm Current
| Yasuhide Shima
1965 --
The Four Loves
| Heitarô Misawa
1965 --
Red Beard
| Mr. Yasumoto
1965 --
The Soundless Cry
| Tateno
1965 --
The Radish and the Carrot
|
1964 --
Gazing at Love and Death
|
1964 --
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
| Gôzô Tôyama
1964 --
I'm a Bodyguard
|
1964 --
Aoimoku no yome-han
| Maruhashi Gotaro
1964 --
Dislikes
|
1963 --
Tange Sazen
|
1963 --
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
|
1963 --
Double Wedding
| Noriko's Father
1963 --
Futari dake no toride
|
1963 --
Rush to Our Sweetheart
|
1962 --
An Autumn Afternoon
| Shuhei Hirayama
1962 --
Zoku aizen katsura
|
1962 --
Four Sisters
|
1962 --
Yoru no keisha
|
1962 --
Love Under the Crucifix
| Sokei Nambo
1962 --
Flower in a Storm
|
1962 --
Dolls floating down the river
| Neighbor
1962 --
Drunkard's Paradise
|
1962 --
The Wiser Age
| Kinjiro Ishikawa
1961 --
The End of Summer
| Farmer
1961 --
The Last War
| Ebara
1961 --
The Youth and His Amulet
|
1961 --
A Good Man, A Good Day
| Ozeki Hitoshi
1961 --
Door of Flowers
|
1961 --
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
| Hinanmin no Chôrô
1960 --
Late Autumn
| Shukichi Miwa
1960 --
Satan's Sword
| Tsukue
1960 --
Master Fencer Sees the World
|
1960 --
Internees of Kampili
| Vice-Admiral Shibata
1960 --
The Bad Sleep Well
| Public Prosecutor Nonaka
1960 --
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
|
1960 --
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
| Old man in the park
1960 --
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
| Monk
1960 --
Only She Knows
|
1960 --
The Wandering Princess
| Kinoshita
1960 --
Spring Dreams
| Shinichirô Atsumi
1959 --
Floating Weeds
| Theatre Owner
1959 --
Love in the Mountains
|
1959 --
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
| Detective Shiozaki
1959 --
The White Road Across the River
|
1959 --
Good Morning
| Keitaro Hayashi
1959 --
Farewell to Spring
| Kôzô's father
1959 --
I Want to Be a Shellfish
| Komiya
1959 --
Bridge
|
1959 --
The Snow Flurry
|
1958 --
The Eternal Rainbow
| Naoji Kageyama
1958 --
Equinox Flower
| Shukichi Mikami
1958 --
The Rickshaw Man
| Shigezo Yuki
1958 --
White Blaze
|
1957 --
Hearts A-Flutter
| Shingo Wakasugi
1957 --
Tokyo Twilight
| Shukichi Sugiyama
1957 --
The Crowded Train
| Genroku, the father
1957 --
The Face
| Det. Hasegawa
1957 --
Flying in the Air
|
1956 --
The Storm
|
1956 --
Early Spring
| Kiichi Onodera
1956 --
Eyes of Children
|
1955 --
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
| Masao - Age 73
1955 --
The First Kiss
| Hasegawa
1955 --
Stray Sheep
| Professor Hirota
1955 --
Life's Simple Pleasures
|
1955 --
The Refugee
|
1955 --
Striving to Live
|
1955 --
All is Well 2
|
1955 --
All is Well
| Shingo Mori
1955 --
The Moon Has Risen
| Asai Mokichi
1954 --
Twenty-Four Eyes
| Otoko Sensei
1954 --
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
|
1954 --
Always in My Heart Part 3
|
1954 --
Haru no Wakakusa
|
1954 --
慶安水滸傳
| 神尾備前守
1953 --
Love Letter
|
1953 --
Always in My Heart Part 2
|
1953 --
Tokyo Story
| Shukichi Hirayama
1953 --
Always in My Heart
|
1953 --
Mole Alley
|
1953 --
Aiyoku no sabaki
|
1953 --
Sisters
|
1952 --
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
|
1952 --
Dôkoku
|
1952 --
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
| Sadao Hirayama
1952 --
彼を殺すな
|
1952 --
Kyōshū
|
1952 --
Youth of the Son
| Mr. Uemura
1952 --
The Waves
|
1951 --
Beauty of Life
|
1951 --
Fireworks Over the Sea
| Tarobei Kamiya
1951 --
Early Summer
| Koichi Mamiya
1951 --
Boyhood
| Father
1951 --
Freedom School
|
1951 --
Home Sweet Home
| Kosaku Uemura
1951 --
Carmen Comes Home
| Principal
1951 --
The Good Fairy
| Ryôen Toba
1950 --
The Munekata Sisters
| Tadachika Munekata
1949 --
Forgotten Children
|
1949 --
Late Spring
| Shukichi Somiya
1949 --
Ishimatsu of the Forest
|
1949 --
Kekkon Sanjûshi
|
1948 --
The Fourth Lady
|
1948 --
Living Image
|
1948 --
A Hen in the Wind
| Kazuichiro Satake
1948 --
Great X
| Chief of police
1948 --
A Visage to Remember
|
1948 --
Children Hand in Hand
| Mr. Matsumura
1947 --
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
| Tashiro
1947 --
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
|
1946 --
The Woman Who Holds the Key
|
1946 --
Iki na fûraibô
| Chôgorô Yamamoto
1945 --
最後の攘夷党
|
1945 --
Sennichimae fukin
|
1945 --
Izu no musumetachi
|
1945 --
Otome no iru kichi
|
1945 --
Gekimetsu no uta
| 河上耕造
1944 --
Army
| Tomosuke Takagi
1944 --
The Man Who Has Returned
|
1944 --
Sailor
| Teacher (uncredited)
1943 --
Navy
| Major Kikuchi
1943 --
Our Planes Fly South
| Teacher Matsuki
1943 --
Port of Flowers
| Nobadama
1943 --
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
|
1943 --
Kaisen no Zenya
|
1942 --
South Wind 2
|
1942 --
South Wind
|
1942 --
There Was a Father
| Shuhei Horikawa
1941 --
Ornamental Hairpin
| Nanmura
1941 --
Flower
|
1941 --
Let's Go in Good Spirits
| The Boss
1941 --
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
| Shojiro's Friend
1941 --
Introspection Tower
| Mr. Kusama
1940 --
Utsukushiki Rinjin
|
1940 --
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
|
1939 --
Mother is Strong
|
1939 --
New Woman Question and Answer
|
1939 --
Spring Thunder
|
1939 --
A Brother and His Younger Sister
| Seizaburō Utsumi
1939 --
Southern Wind
|
1938 --
Queen of the Wind
|
1937 --
The Lights of Asakusa
| Shin'ichi Katori
1937 --
Children in the Wind
| Policeman
1937 --
Goodbye to the Front
|
1937 --
The Golden Demon
| Kuranosuke Kazahaya
1937 --
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
| George
1937 --
A Star Athlete
| Tani
1937 --
Song of the Flower Basket
| Nenkai Hotta
1937 --
Moon Over the Ruins
| Conductor
1936 --
The New Road: Akemi
|
1936 --
Housewife Camellia
|
1936 --
The Only Son
| Teacher Okubo
1936 --
Boy Aviation Pilots
|
1936 --
College Is a Nice Place
| Amano
1935 --
An Inn in Tokyo
| Policeman
1934 --
A Story of Floating Weeds
| Audience Member
1934 --
A Mother Should Be Loved
| Hattori
1934 --
Street Without End
| Yukihiko Chiba
1933 --
Love
|
1933 --
Passing Fancy
| Man on Boat
1933 --
Dragnet Girl
| Policeman
1933 --
Woman of Tokyo
| Reporter
1932 --
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
| Shimazaki
1931 --
The Lady and the Beard
| (uncredited)
1930 --
That Night's Wife
| Policeman
1930 --
I Flunked, But...
| Class mate
1929 --
Days of Youth
| Student
1928 --
Physical Beauty
|
1928 --
Couple on the Move
|
1928 --
Pumpkin
|
1928 --
Wife Lost
|
1928 --
Dreams of Youth
|