Acting
Chishū Ryū
Born May 13, 1904 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan · Died Mar 16, 1993
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).
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Acting
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
Drama · Comedy
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
Comedy
Luminous Moss
1992
Drama
Tora-san Confesses
1991
Comedy · Drama · Family
Until the End of the World
1991
Drama · Science Fiction · Adventure
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
Documentary
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
Comedy
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Documentary
Dreams
1990
Fantasy · Drama
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
Comedy
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Comedy
Until Spring Comes
1989
Family · Drama · TV Movie
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Comedy
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Comedy · Mystery · Thriller
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988
Documentary
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
Comedy
An Early Autumn
1987
Family · Drama
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Comedy · Drama
Crybaby Chacha
1987
Comedy · Drama
Carefree Goddesses
1987
Comedy
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
Comedy
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Comedy
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Drama
花嫁人形は眠らない
1986
Drama · Family
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Comedy
And Then
1985
Drama
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Drama
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
Comedy
Tokyo-Ga
1985
Documentary
When Winter Comes
1985
TV Movie · Family · Drama
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
Comedy
The Funeral
1984
Comedy · Drama
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
Comedy
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Comedy
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983
Drama
I Lived, But...
1983
Documentary
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Comedy
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Drama · TV Movie
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Comedy
When We are Old
1982
Family · Drama · TV Movie
The Longest Tunnel
1982
Drama
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
Comedy
Tora-san's Promise
1981
Comedy
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
Comedy
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
Comedy
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
Comedy · Family · Drama
A-Un
1980
Drama
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Comedy
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
Comedy
Tokyo Suburbia
1979
Family · Drama
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
Comedy
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Drama · History
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Comedy
Haguregumo
1978
Drama
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
Comedy
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Comedy
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Comedy
Oretachi no toki
1976
Drama
Hi no kuni ni
1976
Drama · Family
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
Comedy
The Roads Men Travel
1976
Drama
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Comedy
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
Comedy
Kyukei no Koya
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Comedy
The Castle of Sand
1974
Crime · Mystery · Drama
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Comedy
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Drama
Machi no Hi
1974
Comedy
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Comedy
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
Drama · Action
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973
Flower and Dragon
1973
Action · Crime
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
Comedy
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
Comedy
Home from the Sea
1972
Drama
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
Comedy
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
Comedy
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Comedy
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
Comedy
High-School Outcasts
1970
Drama
The Last Kamikaze
1970
War · Drama
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
Drama
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
Comedy
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
Comedy
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Comedy
Fight for the Glory
1969
Drama
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
Comedy
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
Comedy
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
War · History · Drama
The Lonely Scalpel
1969
Drama
Scrap Collectors
1968
Comedy
The Human Bullet
1968
Comedy · Drama · War
Traveling in Party
1967
Comedy
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Drama · History · War
The Black Sheep
1967
Drama · Romance
Oyuki
1966
Drama
Come Marry Me
1966
Romance · Comedy · Music
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Drama
Warm Current
1966
Drama
The Four Loves
1965
Drama · Romance
Tamayura
1965
Drama · Family
Red Beard
1965
Drama
The Soundless Cry
1965
Drama
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Comedy · Drama
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Drama
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
Comedy · Music
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Blue Eyed Bride
1964
Comedy
Dislikes
1964
Comedy · Drama
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Tange Sazen
1963
A Million Girls
1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
Double Wedding
1963
Comedy
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Romance
Futari dake no toride
1963
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Drama
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Four Sisters
1962
Drama
Yoru no keisha
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Romance · Drama · History
Flower in a Storm
1962
Dolls floating down the river
1962
Drama
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
Drama
Bandits on the Wind
1961
Student Executive
1961
Comedy
The End of Summer
1961
Drama
The Last War
1961
Drama · Science Fiction
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Comedy · Fantasy
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Comedy · Drama
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
Door of Flowers
1961
Drama
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
War · Drama · History
Late Autumn
1960
Drama · Comedy
Satan's Sword
1960
Action
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Drama · Comedy
Internees of Kampili
1960
Drama
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
Family · Drama
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
1960
Comedy
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Drama
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
Only She Knows
1960
The Wandering Princess
1960
Drama · Romance · War
Spring Dreams
1960
Comedy
Floating Weeds
1959
Drama
Love in the Mountains
1959
Drama
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959
Mystery · Thriller
The White Road Across the River
1959
Good Morning
1959
Comedy · Family · Drama
Farewell to Spring
1959
Drama
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
Bridge
1959
Drama
The Path Under the Platanes
1959
Drama · Romance
The Snow Flurry
1959
Drama
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
Drama
The College Hero
1958
Romance · Drama
Equinox Flower
1958
Comedy · Drama
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Drama · Comedy
Whirlpool of Flowers
1958
White Blaze
1958
Drama
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
1957
The Last Escape
1957
War · Action
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Drama
The Crowded Train
1957
Comedy · Drama
The Face
1957
Drama
Flying in the Air
1957
War
Funny Fellows
1956
Comedy
Pure Love
1956
War · Romance
The Storm
1956
Drama
The Wicked Boy
1956
Action · Crime
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
Drama
The Invisible 108th Unit
1956
War · Drama
Early Spring
1956
Drama · Romance
Eyes of Children
1956
Drama
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
Romance · Drama
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
The First Kiss
1955
Romance
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Family · Drama
The Refugee
1955
Drama
The Immortal Pitcher
1955
Drama
Striving to Live
1955
All is Well 2
1955
Drama
All is Well
1955
Drama
The Moon Has Risen
1955
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Drama
新婚たくあん夫婦
1954
Drama
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
1954
Romance
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Drama · Romance
Autumn Interlude
1954
Drama
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
Drama
慶安水滸傳
1954
Love Letter
1953
Romance · Drama
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Drama · Romance
Tokyo Story
1953
Drama
Always in My Heart
1953
Drama · Romance · War
Mole Alley
1953
Drama
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Drama
Sisters
1953
Drama · Romance
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Dôkoku
1952
Drama · Romance
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Drama
Kare o korosu na
1952
Kyōshū
1952
Youth of the Son
1952
Comedy · Drama
The Waves
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Drama
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Drama
Early Summer
1951
Drama
Boyhood
1951
Drama · War
Freedom School
1951
Drama · Comedy
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Comedy · Music
Home Sweet Home
1951
Drama
The Good Fairy
1951
Drama
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Drama
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Crime
Kazanmyaku
1950
Forgotten Children
1949
Drama
Late Spring
1949
Drama
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
History · Crime
Kekkon Sanjûshi
1949
Drama
The Fourth Lady
1948
Living Image
1948
Drama
A Hen in the Wind
1948
Drama
Great X
1948
Drama
A Visage to Remember
1948
Drama
Children Hand in Hand
1948
Drama
The Man of Rumor
1948
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
Drama · Comedy
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
Drama
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Drama
Saigo no joito
1945
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Drama
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Gekimetsu no uta
1945
Music · Drama
Army
1944
Drama · War
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Drama
Sailor
1944
Drama
Navy
1943
War · Drama
Our Planes Fly South
1943
Drama · War
Port of Flowers
1943
War · Drama · Comedy
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
1943
War
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Family · Drama
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
Drama
South Wind 2
1942
Drama
South Wind
1942
Drama
There Was a Father
1942
Drama
Ornamental Hairpin
1941
Drama · Comedy
Flower
1941
Drama
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
Drama
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
Drama
Introspection Tower
1941
Drama
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Drama
Mother is Strong
1939
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Drama
Spring Thunder
1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939
Drama · Comedy
Southern Wind
1939
Queen of the Wind
1938
Drama
The Lights of Asakusa
1937
Drama
Children in the Wind
1937
Drama
The Golden Demon
1937
Romance · Drama
A Star Athlete
1937
Drama · Comedy
Song of the Flower Basket
1937
Drama
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Drama
Housewife Camellia
1936
The Only Son
1936
Drama
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
College Is a Nice Place
1936
Comedy
An Inn in Tokyo
1935
Drama
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
Drama
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
Drama
Street Without End
1934
Drama
Love
1933
Drama
Passing Fancy
1933
Comedy · Drama
Dragnet Girl
1933
Romance · Drama · Crime
Woman of Tokyo
1933
Drama
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932
Drama · Comedy
I Was Born, But...
1932
Comedy · Drama
The Lady and the Beard
1931
Romance · Comedy
That Night's Wife
1930
Drama · Crime
I Flunked, But...
1930
Comedy
Days of Youth
1929
Comedy · Romance
Physical Beauty
1928
Comedy
Pumpkin
1928
Comedy
Wife Lost
1928
Drama
Dreams of Youth
1928
Comedy