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