Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

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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 i...

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The Fourth Lady

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The Longest Tunnel

As Saiji Akutsu

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Red Beard

As Mr. Yasumoto

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Tora-san Confesses

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Tora-san Takes a Vacation

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Crybaby Chacha

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Late Spring

As Shukichi Somiya

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Early Spring

As Kiichi Onodera

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Striving to Live

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Late Autumn

As Shukichi Miwa

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The Bad Sleep Well

As Public Prosecutor Nonaka

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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

As A monk

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Love in the Mountains

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There Was a Father

As Shuhei Horikawa

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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

As Hinanmin no Chôrô

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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

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Let's Go in Good Spirits

As The Boss

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The End of Summer

As Farmer

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Good Morning

As Keitaro Hayashi

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Equinox Flower

As Shukichi Mikami

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Kaisen no Zenya

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Gekimetsu no uta

As 河上耕造

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Street Without End

As Yukihiko Chiba

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The Funeral

As The priest

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Dolls floating down the river

As Neighbor

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Twenty-Four Eyes

As Otoko Sensei

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The Rickshaw Man

As Shigezo Yuki

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Zoku aizen katsura

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Futari dake no toride

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Flower in a Storm

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Mole Alley

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Otome no iru kichi

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Japan's Longest Day

As Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

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Floating Weeds

As Theatre Owner

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The Soundless Cry

As Tateno

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Tokyo Story

As Shukichi Hirayama

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That Night's Wife

As Policeman

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An Autumn Afternoon

As Shuhei Hirayama

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Early Summer

As Koichi Mamiya

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The Only Son

As Teacher Okubo

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Record of a Tenement Gentleman

As Tashiro

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Tokyo Twilight

As Shukichi Sugiyama

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The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

As Sadao Hirayama

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The Munekata Sisters

As Tadachika Munekata

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Tokyo-Ga

As Self

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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

As Shojiro's Friend

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Iki na fûraibô

As Chôgorô Yamamoto

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Bridge

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The Last War

As Ebara

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Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho

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The Human Bullet

As Bookstore Man

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Carmen Comes Home

As Principal

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Battle of the Japan Sea

As General Maresuke Nogi

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Woman of Tokyo

As Reporter

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Boyhood

As Father

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Ornamental Hairpin

As Nanmura

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She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

As Masao - Age 73

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Master Fencer Sees the World

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Youth of the Son

As Mr. Uemura

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Passing Fancy

As Man on Boat

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A Mother Should Be Loved

As Hattori

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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

As Priest

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Utsukushiki Rinjin

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Tora-san's Grand Scheme

As Priest

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The Snow Flurry

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Army

As Tomosuke Takagi

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Home from the Sea

As Ishizaki Senzo

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Luminous Moss

As Judge

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White Blaze

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Sailor

As Teacher (uncredited)

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Children in the Wind

As Policeman

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Tora-san Goes Religious?

As the High Priest

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The Eternal Rainbow

As Naoji Kageyama

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A Star Athlete

As Tani

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Housewife Camellia

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Boy Aviation Pilots

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Spring Dreams

As Shinichirô Atsumi

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Queen of the Wind

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Mother is Strong

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Tora-san's Dear Old Home

As the High Priest

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Southern Wind

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Flower

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South Wind

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Tora-san's Love Call

As the High Priest

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Yoru no keisha

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Love Under the Crucifix

As Sokei Nambo

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Where Spring Comes Late

As Genzo, So's father

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Tora-san's Lovesick

As Gozen-sama

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The Wandering Princess

As Kinoshita

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The Moon Has Risen

As Asai Mokichi

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Tora-san's Lullaby

As Gozen-sama

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慶安水滸傳

As 神尾備前守

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Tora-san, the Intellectual

As Gozen-sama

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The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

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Tora-san's Pure Love

As Gozen-sama

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Tora-san Meets His Lordship

As Gozensama

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The Radish and the Carrot

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Don't Tell Your Wife About It

As George

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Drunkard's Paradise

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Navy

As Major Kikuchi

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All is Well

As Shingo Mori

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All is Well 2

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Tora-san Plays Cupid

As Priest

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The Lights of Asakusa

As Shin'ichi Katori

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Satan's Sword

As Tsukue

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Kyōshū

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彼を殺すな

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Home Sweet Home

As Kosaku Uemura

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Sisters

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Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass

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Scrap Collectors

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Door of Flowers

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The Storm

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Tora-san, My Uncle

As Gozen-sama

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Port of Flowers

As Nobadama

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Tora-san Makes Excuses

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Freedom School

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The Man Who Has Returned

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Stage-Struck Tora-san

As Gozen-sama

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I Flunked, But...

As Class mate

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Flying in the Air

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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

As Shimazaki

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Dragnet Girl

As Policeman

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Talk of the Town Tora-san

As Gozen-sama

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Dreams

As Old Man

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Our Planes Fly South

As Teacher Matsuki

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It's Tough Being a Man

As Gozen-sama

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Monument to Holy Service

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Tora-san, the Matchmaker

As Gozen-sama

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The Lady and the Beard

As (uncredited)

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Dislikes

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The Crowded Train

As Genroku, the father

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Life's Simple Pleasures

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Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4

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Daughters, Wives and a Mother

As Old man in the park

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When We are Old

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Sennichimae fukin

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Until Spring Comes

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When Winter Comes

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South Wind 2

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The Woman Who Holds the Key

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The Castle of Sand

As Kojuro Kirihara

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Until the End of the World

As Mr. Mori

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Always in My Heart

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Always in My Heart Part 2

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Always in My Heart Part 3

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Fireworks Over the Sea

As Tarobei Kamiya

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The Last Kamikaze

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Traveling in Party

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The Good Fairy

As Ryôen Toba

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Farewell to Spring

As Kôzô's father

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Love Letter

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The First Kiss

As Hasegawa

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The Wiser Age

As Kinjiro Ishikawa

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A Story of Floating Weeds

As Audience Member

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An Inn in Tokyo

As Policeman

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Tora-san's Forget Me Not

As the High Priest

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Tora-san, the Go-Between

As the High Priest

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Tora-san's Island Encounter

As the High Priest

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Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

As the High Priest

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Tora-san's Song of Love

As the High Priest

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Tora-san, the Expert

As Gozen-sama

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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

As Gozen-sama

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Foster Daddy, Tora!

As Gozen-sama

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Tora-san Plays Daddy

As the High Priest

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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

As the High Priest

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Tora-san's Love in Osaka

As Gozen-sama

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Tora-san's Promise

As Gozen-sama

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Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii

As Gôzô Tôyama

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Stray Sheep

As Professor Hirota

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Rush to Our Sweetheart

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Chishu Ryu and Shochiku’s Ofuna Studio

As Self

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Tange Sazen

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A Visage to Remember

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Internees of Kampili

As Vice-Admiral Shibata

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Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

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The Golden Demon

As Kuranosuke Kazahaya

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Days of Youth

As Student

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Song of the Flower Basket

As Nenkai Hotta

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The Black Sheep

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Four Sisters

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Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

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Oretachi no toki

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High-School Outcasts

As Instructor Takeyama

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I Lived, But...

As Self

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The Refugee

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Miyamoto Musashi

As Takuan

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Lanterns on Blue Waters

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Flower and Dragon

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The Waves

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Tora-san's Forbidden Love

As the High Priest

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Great X

As Chief of police

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Moon Over the Ruins

As Conductor

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Children Hand in Hand

As Mr. Matsumura

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Eyes of Children

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The Face

As Det. Hasegawa

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Fight for the Glory

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Tora-san's Tropical Fever

As Priest

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I Want to Be a Shellfish

As Komiya

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College Is a Nice Place

As Amano

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Physical Beauty

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Pumpkin

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Wife Lost

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Couple on the Move

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Tora-san's Cherished Mother

As Gozensama

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Only She Knows

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Tora-san, His Tender Love

As High Priest

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The Youth and His Amulet

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Marriage Counselor Tora-san

As the High Priest

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And Then

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Introspection Tower

As Mr. Kusama

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A Prisoner in Search of Daughter

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Dôkoku

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The New Road: Akemi

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Tora-san's Runaway

As High Priest

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Come Marry Me

As Tamotsu's Grandfather

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Gazing at Love and Death

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The Greatest Man in the World

As Hermit

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A Hen in the Wind

As Kazuichiro Satake

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A Taxing Woman's Return

As Former Priest

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Hearts A-Flutter

As Shingo Wakasugi

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Wim Wenders in Tokyo

As Self

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Izu no musumetachi

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The Four Loves

As Heitarô Misawa

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Dreams of Youth

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Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

As the High Priest

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Tora-san Loves an Artist

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Tora-san's Dream of Spring

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Double Wedding

As Noriko's Father

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Ishimatsu of the Forest

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Talking with Ozu

As Self (archival footage)

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A Brother and His Younger Sister

As Seizaburō Utsumi

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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

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Storm on the Silvery Peaks

As Monk

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Tora-san's Shattered Romance

As the High Priest

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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

As the High Priest

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Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

As the High Priest

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Tora-san Goes North

As the High Priest

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Tora-san Goes to Vienna

As the High Priest

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Goodbye to the Front

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Spring Thunder

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Machi no Hi

As Takushoku

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Aoimoku no yome-han

As Maruhashi Gotaro

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Warm Current

As Yasuhide Shima

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Aiyoku no sabaki

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Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home

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Haru no Wakakusa

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Beauty of Life

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Forgotten Children

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New Woman Question and Answer

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Living Image

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Love

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Kekkon Sanjûshi

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A Good Man, A Good Day

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A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

As Detective Shiozaki

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Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō

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Kyukei no Koya

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The White Road Across the River

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I'm a Bodyguard

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The Roads Men Travel

As Kadomae

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A-Un

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An Early Autumn

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Haguregumo

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Hi no kuni ni

As 造園主・吉野公平

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Tamayura

As 直木良彦

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