Chishū Ryū
Actor
- Born
- May 13, 1904 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- March 16, 1993 (age 88)
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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Known for
Tokyo Story
November 3, 1953
Dreams
May 11, 1990
Late Spring
September 13, 1949
Red Beard
March 4, 1965
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
September 20, 1985
An Autumn Afternoon
November 18, 1962
Good Morning
May 12, 1959
The Bad Sleep Well
September 19, 1960
Until the End of the World
September 12, 1991
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
January 28, 1961
Early Summer
October 3, 1951
Floating Weeds
November 17, 1959
Acting299
- 1997Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version as 御前样
- 1992Tora-san Makes Excuses as 御前样
- 1992Luminous Moss as Judge
- 1991Tora-san Confesses as 御前样
- 1991Until the End of the World as Mr. Mori
- 1990Wim Wenders in Tokyo as Self
- 1990Tora-san Takes a Vacation as 御前样
- 1990Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- 1990Dreams as Old Man
- 1989Tora-san, My Uncle