Born 1904 (age 88) · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Appears in 295 titles

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.​

Filmography

Tokyo Story
8.2
Tokyo Story
1953
as Shukichi Hirayama
Dreams
7.7
Dreams
1990
as Old Man
Late Spring
8.0
Late Spring
1949
as Shukichi Somiya
Red Beard
8.1
Red Beard
1965
as Mr. Yasumoto
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
7.8
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
as Tayama Dosen
An Autumn Afternoon
7.9
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Shuhei Hirayama
Good Morning
7.7
Good Morning
1959
as Keitaro Hayashi
The Bad Sleep Well
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Until the End of the World
6.7
Until the End of the World
1991
as Mr. Mori
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
Early Summer
7.8
Early Summer
1951
as Koichi Mamiya
Floating Weeds
7.5
Floating Weeds
1959
as Theatre Owner
Late Autumn
7.7
Late Autumn
1960
as Shukichi Miwa
Equinox Flower
7.4
Equinox Flower
1958
as Shukichi Mikami
Tokyo Twilight
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Shukichi Sugiyama
I Was Born, But...
7.6
I Was Born, But...
1932
as Home movie projectionist
The Only Son
7.4
The Only Son
1936
as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
The End of Summer
7.5
The End of Summer
1961
as Farmer
Tokyo-Ga
7.1
Tokyo-Ga
1985
as Self
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
7.5
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
as Sadao Hirayama