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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 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, lice…
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- Tamayura (1965) as 直木良彦
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Shukichi Hirayama
- Hi no kuni ni (1976) as 造園主・吉野公平
- Red Beard (1965) as Mr. Yasumoto
- Dreams (1990) as Old Man
- The Roads Men Travel (1976) as Kadomae
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) as Tayama Dosen
- Late Spring (1949) as Shukichi Somiya
- Until the End of the World (1991) as Mr. Mori
- Satan's Sword (1960) as Tsukue
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Kojuro Kirihara
- A-Un (1980) Cast
- The Funeral (1984) as The Priest
- Good Morning (1959) as Keitaro Hayashi
- The Storm (1956) Cast
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Shuhei Hirayama
- Zoku zoku jiken (1980) Cast
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Old man in the park
- Farewell to Spring (1959) as Kôzô's father
- Spring Dreams (1960) as Shinichirô Atsumi
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as General Maresuke Nogi
- The End of Summer (1961) as Farmer
- The Wiser Age (1962) as Kinjiro Ishikawa
- You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) as Masao - Age 73
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) as Hinanmin no Chôrô
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) as Former Priest
- Early Summer (1951) as Koichi Mamiya
- The Rickshaw Man (1958) as Toyozo Yuki
- Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953) Cast
- Haguregumo (1978) Cast
- Late Autumn (1960) as Shukichi Miwa
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Shukichi Sugiyama
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Theatre Owner
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) as Sadao Hirayama
- The Soundless Cry (1965) as Tateno
- The Lonely Scalpel (1969) Cast
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962) as Sokei Nambo
- The Radish and the Carrot (1965) Cast
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Shukichi Mikami
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979) Cast
- Early Spring (1956) as Kiichi Onodera
- Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) as Gozen-sama
- Tokyo Suburbia (1979) Cast
- The Youth and His Amulet (1961) Cast
- Tokyo-Ga (1985) as Self
- The Last Kamikaze (1970) Cast
- Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) as Tarobei Kamiya
- Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985) as the High Priest
- The Eternal Rainbow (1958) as Naoji Kageyama
- All is Well (1955) as Shingo Mori
- Miyamoto Musashi (1973) as Takuan
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) as the High Priest
- All is Well 2 (1955) Cast
- Tora-san's Love Call (1971) as the High Priest
- Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) as the High Priest
- Mole Alley (1953) Cast
- The Human Bullet (1968) as Bookstore Man
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Otoko Sensei
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997) as High Priest
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981) as Gozen-sama
- Tora-san's Lullaby (1974) as Gozen-sama
- Carmen Comes Home (1951) as Principal
- The Moon Has Risen (1955) as Asai Mokichi
- Tora-san, the Expert (1982) as Gozen-sama
- The Only Son (1936) as Teacher Okubo
- Great X (1948) as Chief of police
- Dislikes (1964) Cast
- The Last War (1961) as Ebara
- Army (1944) as Tomosuke Takagi
- Four Sisters (1962) Cast
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- An Early Autumn (1987) Cast
- Master Fencer Sees the World (1960) Cast
- A Hen in the Wind (1948) as Kazuichiro Satake
- Where Spring Comes Late (1970) as Genzo, So's father
- Tora-san Goes North (1987) as the High Priest
- Making of 'Dreams' (1990) as Self
- I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959) as Komiya
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Most-watched Chishū Ryū films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), Red Beard (1965), Dreams (1990), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Japan's Longest Day (1967).
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Selected TV credits: Tamayura (1965), Hi no kuni ni (1976), The Roads Men Travel (1976), A-Un (1980), Zoku zoku jiken (1980).
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