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Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Acting 1904-05-13 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 Ju…

Known For

Red Beard
MOV ⭐ 8.2
Red Beard 1965
Late Spring
MOV ⭐ 8.0
Late Spring 1949
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
MOV ⭐ 8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961
Good Morning
MOV ⭐ 7.7
Good Morning 1959
The Bad Sleep Well
MOV ⭐ 7.7
The Bad Sleep Well 1960
Late Autumn
MOV ⭐ 7.7
Late Autumn 1960
The End of Summer
MOV ⭐ 7.5
The End of Summer 1961
Equinox Flower
MOV ⭐ 7.4
Equinox Flower 1958
The Longest Tunnel
MOV ⭐ 10.0
The Longest Tunnel 1982
Early Spring
MOV ⭐ 7.5
Early Spring 1956
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
MOV ⭐ 7.7
Tora-san Takes a Vacation 1990
Striving to Live
MOV
Striving to Live 1955
There Was a Father
MOV ⭐ 7.0
There Was a Father 1942
Tora-san Confesses
MOV ⭐ 8.3
Tora-san Confesses 1991
Kaisen no Zenya
MOV
Kaisen no Zenya 1943
Crybaby Chacha
MOV
Crybaby Chacha 1987
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
MOV
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu 1952
The Fourth Lady
MOV
The Fourth Lady 1948
Let's Go in Good Spirits
MOV
Let's Go in Good Spirits 1941
Love in the Mountains
MOV
Love in the Mountains 1959