Chishū Ryū
Acting
Born: 1904-05-13 in Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Tamayura
直木良彦
Tokyo Story
Shukichi Hirayama
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Sadao Hirayama
Dreams
Old Man
Red Beard
Mr. Yasumoto
Hi no kuni ni
造園主・吉野公平
The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama
Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami
The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen
Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama
The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa
I Was Born, But...
Home movie projectionist
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa
Four Sisters
Physical Beauty
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki
Haguregumo
Mother is Strong
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
A Star Athlete
Tani
The New Road: Akemi
Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa
The End of Summer
Farmer
Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi
新婚たくあん夫婦
品川夏堂
Love Letter
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
巨匠
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Gôzô Tôyama
Tora-san Goes North
the High Priest
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Traveling in Party
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
the High Priest