From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
| Movie | Talking with Ozu | Self (archival footage) | 1993-11-27 |
| Movie | Luminous Moss | Judge | 1992-04-25 |
| Movie | Tora-san Makes Excuses | High Priest | 1992-12-26 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Mr. Mori | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | Tora-san Confesses | High Priest | 1991-12-23 |
| Movie | Dreams | Old Man | 1990-05-11 |
| Movie | Tora-san Takes a Vacation | High Priest | 1990-12-22 |
| Movie | Until Spring Comes | 1989-04-06 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | the High Priest | 1989-08-05 |
| Movie | Tora-san, My Uncle | Gozen-sama | 1989-12-27 |
| Movie | A Taxing Woman's Return | Former Priest | 1988-01-15 |
| Movie | Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio | Self | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Gozen-sama | 1988-12-24 |
| Movie | Crybaby Chacha | 1987-02-21 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes North | the High Priest | 1987-08-15 |
| Series | An Early Autumn | 1987-11-28 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Daddy | the High Priest | 1987-12-26 |
| Movie | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | 1986-08-02 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy | the High Priest | 1986-12-20 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Go-Between | the High Priest | 1985-08-03 |
| Movie | Tokyo-Ga | Self | 1985-04-24 |
| Movie | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | A monk | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | And Then | 1985-11-09 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Island Encounter | the High Priest | 1985-12-28 |
| Movie | Tampopo | Ramen customer (uncredited) | 1985-11-23 |
| Movie | Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! | 1984-01-07 | |
| Movie | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | the High Priest | 1984-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forbidden Love | the High Priest | 1984-12-28 |
| Movie | The Funeral | The Priest | 1984-11-17 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Song of Love | the High Priest | 1983-08-06 |
| Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
| Movie | Lanterns on Blue Waters | 1983-11-15 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Goes Religious? | the High Priest | 1983-12-28 |
| Movie | Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | the High Priest | 1982-08-07 |
| Movie | The Longest Tunnel | Saiji Akutsu | 1982-10-16 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Expert | Gozen-sama | 1982-12-28 |
| Movie | When We are Old | 1982-11-03 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Gozen-sama | 1981-08-08 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Promise | Gozen-sama | 1981-12-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Tropical Fever | Priest | 1980-08-02 |
| Series | A-Un | 1980-03-09 | |
| Movie | Foster Daddy, Tora! | Gozen-sama | 1980-12-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Gozen-sama | 1979-08-04 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 | |
| Series | Haguregumo | 1978-04-02 | |
| Movie | Stage-Struck Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-08-05 |
| Movie | Talk of the Town Tora-san | Gozen-sama | 1978-12-27 |
| Movie | Monument to Holy Service | 1978-09-23 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets His Lordship | Gozensama | 1977-08-06 |
| Movie | Tora-san Plays Cupid | Priest | 1977-12-24 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Gozen-sama | 1976-12-25 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Priest | 1976-07-23 |
| Movie | Oretachi no toki | 1976-11-06 | |
| Movie | Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again | the High Priest | 1975-08-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Gozen-sama | 1975-12-27 |
| Movie | Machi no Hi | Takushoku | 1974-04-27 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lovesick | Gozen-sama | 1974-08-10 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Lullaby | Gozen-sama | 1974-12-28 |
| Movie | The Castle of Sand | Kojuro Kirihara | 1974-10-19 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Forget Me Not | the High Priest | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | Flower and Dragon | 1973-03-17 | |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Takuan | 1973-07-13 |
| Movie | Tora-san Loves an Artist | 1973-12-25 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | the High Priest | 1972-08-05 |
| Movie | Home from the Sea | Ishizaki Senzo | 1972-10-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the High Priest | 1972-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Shattered Romance | the High Priest | 1971-01-15 |
| Movie | Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho | 1971-03-06 | |
| Movie | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | the High Priest | 1971-04-28 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Love Call | the High Priest | 1971-12-29 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Grand Scheme | Priest | 1970-02-26 |
| Movie | Tora-san, His Tender Love | High Priest | 1970-01-15 |
| Movie | Tora-san's Runaway | High Priest | 1970-08-26 |
| Movie | The Last Kamikaze | 1970-10-29 | |
| Movie | Where Spring Comes Late | Genzo, So's father | 1970-10-24 |
| Movie | High-School Outcasts | Instructor Takeyama | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | It's Tough Being a Man | Gozen-sama | 1969-08-27 |
| Movie | Battle of the Japan Sea | General Maresuke Nogi | 1969-08-01 |
| Movie | Fight for the Glory | 1969-12-17 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Gozensama | 1969-11-14 |
| Movie | The Human Bullet | Bookstore Man | 1968-10-22 |
| Movie | Scrap Collectors | 1968-11-28 | |
| Movie | The Black Sheep | 1967-01-03 | |
| Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | Traveling in Party | 1967-11-12 | |
| Movie | Warm Current | Yasuhide Shima | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | Come Marry Me | Tamotsu's Grandfather | 1966-11-20 |
| Movie | The Four Loves | Heitarô Misawa | 1965-12-29 |
| Movie | The Radish and the Carrot | 1965-01-03 | |
| Movie | The Soundless Cry | Tateno | 1965-01-30 |
| Series | Tamayura | 直木良彦 | 1965-04-05 |
| Movie | Red Beard | Mr. Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | Dislikes | 1964-03-01 | |
| Movie | Monrō no yōna onna | 1964-01-01 | |
| Movie | Aoimoku no yome-han | Maruhashi Gotaro | 1964-03-29 |
| Movie | Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii | Gôzô Tôyama | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | I'm a Bodyguard | 1964-05-16 | |
| Movie | Gazing at Love and Death | 1964-09-19 | |
| Movie | Futari dake no toride | 1963-03-24 | |
| Movie | Rush to Our Sweetheart | 1963-02-09 | |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Noriko's Father | 1963-07-13 |
| Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
| Movie | Flower in a Storm | 1962-04-01 | |
| Movie | Dolls floating down the river | Neighbor | 1962-03-03 |
| Movie | The Wiser Age | Kinjiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
| Movie | Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 | |
| Movie | Love Under the Crucifix | Sokei Nambo | 1962-06-03 |
| Movie | Yoru no keisha | 1962-06-28 | |
| Movie | Zoku aizen katsura | 1962-10-24 | |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Shuhei Hirayama | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | Four Sisters | 1962-07-01 | |
| Movie | A Good Man, A Good Day | Ozeki Hitoshi | 1961-08-13 |
| Movie | The Human Condition | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
| Movie | The Youth and His Amulet | 1961-09-17 | |
| Movie | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 1961-01-28 |
| Movie | Bandits on the Wind | 1961-11-22 | |
| Movie | The Last War | Ebara | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | The End of Summer | Farmer | 1961-10-29 |
| Movie | Only She Knows | 1960-04-01 | |
| Movie | The Wandering Princess | Kinoshita | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | Spring Dreams | Shinichirô Atsumi | 1960-01-03 |
| Movie | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Old man in the park | 1960-05-21 |
| Movie | Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 | 1960-07-05 | |
| Movie | Late Autumn | Shukichi Miwa | 1960-11-13 |
| Movie | Internees of Kampili | Vice-Admiral Shibata | 1960-09-29 |
| Movie | Satan's Sword | Tsukue | 1960-10-18 |
| Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 1960-09-19 |
| Movie | Farewell to Spring | Kôzô's father | 1959-04-28 |
| Movie | Bridge | 1959-03-04 | |
| Movie | The Snow Flurry | 1959-01-03 | |
| Movie | Good Morning | Keitaro Hayashi | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | A Killed Stewardess: White or Black | Detective Shiozaki | 1959-10-06 |
| Movie | The White Road Across the River | 1959-08-19 | |
| Movie | Love in the Mountains | 1959-10-23 | |
| Movie | Floating Weeds | Theatre Owner | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | The Rickshaw Man | Shigezo Yuki | 1958-04-21 |
| Movie | White Blaze | 1958-03-04 | |
| Movie | Equinox Flower | Shukichi Mikami | 1958-09-07 |
| Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Naoji Kageyama | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | The Face | Det. Hasegawa | 1957-01-22 |
| Movie | Flying in the Air | 1957-01-09 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1957-04-30 |
| Movie | The Crowded Train | Genroku, the father | 1957-03-29 |
| Movie | Hearts A-Flutter | Shingo Wakasugi | 1957-12-15 |
| Movie | Eyes of Children | 1956-01-15 | |
| Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
| Movie | Early Spring | Kiichi Onodera | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 | |
| Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Asai Mokichi | 1955-01-08 |
| Movie | The Refugee | 1955-05-03 | |
| Movie | All is Well | Shingo Mori | 1955-01-29 |
| Movie | Life's Simple Pleasures | 1955-05-17 | |
| Movie | The First Kiss | Hasegawa | 1955-09-21 |
| Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Masao - Age 73 | 1955-11-29 |
| Movie | Stray Sheep | Professor Hirota | 1955-08-31 |
| Movie | 慶安水滸傳 | 神尾備前守 | 1954-01-21 |
| Movie | Haru no Wakakusa | 1954-01-27 | |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 3 | 1954-04-27 | |
| Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei | 1954-09-15 |
| Movie | Mole Alley | 1953-05-07 | |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
| Movie | Aiyoku no sabaki | 1953-05-06 | |
| Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Shukichi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
| Movie | Youth of the Son | Mr. Uemura | 1952-06-25 |
| Movie | The Waves | 1952-04-03 | |
| Movie | Kyōshū | 1952-07-02 | |
| Movie | Kare o korosu na | 1952-09-11 | |
| Movie | Dôkoku | 1952-10-16 | |
| Movie | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Sadao Hirayama | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Carmen Comes Home | Principal | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | The Good Fairy | Ryôen Toba | 1951-02-17 |
| Movie | Home Sweet Home | Kosaku Uemura | 1951-03-21 |
| Movie | Boyhood | Father | 1951-05-12 |
| Movie | Beauty of Life | 1951-12-07 | |
| Movie | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tarobei Kamiya | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Early Summer | Koichi Mamiya | 1951-10-03 |
| Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Tadachika Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| Movie | Late Spring | Shukichi Somiya | 1949-09-13 |
| Movie | Kekkon Sanjûshi | 1949-03-21 | |
| Movie | Children Hand in Hand | Mr. Matsumura | 1948-03-30 |
| Movie | A Visage to Remember | 1948-04-04 | |
| Movie | Living Image | 1948-10-12 | |
| Movie | Great X | Chief of police | 1948-05-07 |
| Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Kazuichiro Satake | 1948-09-17 |
| Movie | The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant | 1947-04-01 | |
| Movie | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Tashiro | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | Gekimetsu no uta | 河上耕造 | 1945-03-29 |
| Movie | Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 | |
| Movie | Izu no musumetachi | 1945-08-30 | |
| Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
| Movie | Army | Tomosuke Takagi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | Air Raid of the Enemy Plane | 1943-04-01 | |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Nobadama | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | Navy | Major Kikuchi | 1943-12-08 |
| Movie | Our Planes Fly South | Teacher Matsuki | 1943-09-10 |
| Movie | There Was a Father | Shuhei Horikawa | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Nanmura | 1941-08-26 |
| Movie | Introspection Tower | Mr. Kusama | 1941-01-30 |
| Movie | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Shojiro's Friend | 1941-03-01 |
| Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | 1940-04-17 | |
| Movie | Utsukushiki Rinjin | 1940-05-23 | |
| Movie | Spring Thunder | 1939-04-13 | |
| Movie | A Brother and His Younger Sister | Seizaburō Utsumi | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | New Woman Question and Answer | 1939-06-01 | |
| Movie | Mother is Strong | 1939-12-17 | |
| Movie | Queen of the Wind | 1938-02-17 | |
| Movie | A Star Athlete | Tani | 1937-05-01 |
| Movie | Moon Over the Ruins | Conductor | 1937-01-05 |
| Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Nenkai Hotta | 1937-01-14 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Your Wife About It | George | 1937-05-20 |
| Movie | The Golden Demon | Kuranosuke Kazahaya | 1937-06-10 |
| Movie | Children in the Wind | Policeman | 1937-11-11 |
| Movie | The Lights of Asakusa | Shin'ichi Katori | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | Goodbye to the Front | 1937-08-24 | |
| Movie | The Only Son | Teacher Okubo | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 | |
| Movie | An Inn in Tokyo | Policeman | 1935-11-21 |
| Movie | Street Without End | Yukihiko Chiba | 1934-04-26 |
| Movie | A Mother Should Be Loved | Hattori | 1934-05-11 |
| Movie | A Story of Floating Weeds | Audience Member | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Dragnet Girl | Policeman | 1933-04-27 |
| Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Reporter | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | Passing Fancy | Man on Boat | 1933-09-07 |
| Movie | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shimazaki | 1932-10-13 |
| Movie | The Lady and the Beard | (uncredited) | 1931-02-07 |
| Movie | I Flunked, But... | Student | 1930-04-11 |
| Movie | That Night's Wife | Policeman | 1930-07-06 |
| Movie | Days of Youth | Student | 1929-04-13 |
| Movie | Dreams of Youth | 1928-04-29 | |
| Movie | Wife Lost | 1928-06-15 | |
| Movie | Couple on the Move | 1928-09-28 | |
| Movie | Physical Beauty | 1928-12-01 | |
| Movie | Pumpkin | 1928-08-31 |