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
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Tayama Dosen
Hi no kuni ni
造園主・吉野公平
An Autumn Afternoon
Shuhei Hirayama
The Longest Tunnel
Saiji Akutsu
Equinox Flower
Shukichi Mikami
Introspection Tower
Mr. Kusama
The Wandering Princess
Kinoshita
Tokyo Twilight
Shukichi Sugiyama
Late Spring
Shukichi Somiya
I Was Born, But...
Home movie projectionist
Song of the Flower Basket
Nenkai Hotta
The Four Loves
Heitarô Misawa
Late Autumn
Shukichi Miwa
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hinanmin no Chôrô
Until the End of the World
Mr. Mori
Four Sisters
Haguregumo
Early Spring
Kiichi Onodera
The Bad Sleep Well
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa
Physical Beauty
Mother is Strong
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Shojiro's Friend
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Shimazaki
The End of Summer
Farmer
Good Morning
Keitaro Hayashi
Luminous Moss
Judge
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Love Letter
Zoku zoku jiken
Battle of the Japan Sea
General Maresuke Nogi
新婚たくあん夫婦
品川夏堂
The New Road: Akemi
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
巨匠
Tora-san Goes North
the High Priest