Chishū Ryū

Acting

Chishū Ryū

Born 1904-05-13 Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan 296 films

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 p…

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Filmography

296 films
Crybaby Chacha poster

Chiaki Onoda a young assisstant sound mixer is unhappy with his job, but otherwise he is enjoying l…

Crybaby Chacha

★ 0.0 1987

And Then poster

Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30…

And Then

★ 7.2 1985