Chishû Ryû (1904–1993)

Actor | Soundtrack

What an amazing career! Few can boast a longer one (64 years of activity). Few have been able to ...

Born: May 13, 1904
Died: March 16, 1993 (age 88)

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Filmography

Known For

Tokyo Story Shukichi Hirayama (1953)
Dreams Old Man (1990)
Late Spring Shukichi Somiya (1949)
Known For

Fireworks Over the Sea Tarobei Kamiya (1951)
Actor

Tora-San Makes Excuses priest (1992)
Shiny Moss Judge (1992)
Tora-san Confesses priest (1991)
Until the End of the World Mr. Mori (1991)
Tora-san Takes a Vacation Priest (1990)
Dreams Old Man (1990)
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan Priest (1989)
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji Priest (1989)
Daidokoro no seijo Father (1988)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Priest (1988)
A Taxing Woman's Return Moto Sôryo (1988)
Tora-san Plays Daddy Priest (1987)
Kesa no aki Kozo (1987)
Tora-san Goes North Gozensama (1987)
Carefree Goddesses Kumejiro Kimura (1987)
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori Priest (1986)
Kokushi muso Hermit (1986)
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Tomo-san (1986)
Tora-san's Island Encounter Priest (1985)
And Then Toku Nagai (1985)
Tora-san, the Go-between Gozensama (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters A monk (1985)
Fuyugamae Keisaku Okada (1985)
Tora-san's Forbidden Love Gozensama (1984)
The Funeral The priest (1984)
Marriage Counselor Tora-san Priest (1984)
Tora-san Goes Religious? Priest (1983)
Lanterns on Blue Waters Kosaku Yamanami (1983)
Tora-san's Song of Love Gozensama (1983)
Kita no kuni kara '83 fuyu Matsukichi Sawada (Taeko's grandfather) (1983)
Tora-san, the Expert Gozensama (1982)
Nagaraeba Ryukichi (1982)
Kaikyô Saiji Akutsu (1982)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Priest (1982)
Tora-san's Promise Priest (1981)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka Gozensama (1981)
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta Temple priest (1980)
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Priest (1980)
Tora-san's Dream of Spring Gozensama (1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker Gozensama (1979)
Talk of the Town Tora-san Gozensama (1978)
Seishoku no ishibumi (1978)
Stage-struck Tora-san Priest (1978)
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! Priest (1977)
Tora-san Meets His Lordship Gozensama (1977)
Oretachi no toki (1976)
Tora-san's Heart of Gold Gozen-sama (1976)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset High Priest (1976)
Tora-san, the Intellectual Priest (1975)
Tooi sekkin Yamao's father (1975)
Tora-san's Rise and Fall Priest (1975)
Tora-san's Lullaby Priest (1974)
The Castle of Sand Kirihara (1974)
Tora-san's Lovesick Priest (1974)
Machi no hi Takushoku (1974)
Tora-San Goes French Priest (1973)
Flower and Dragon: Story of Youth - Story of Love - Story of the Angry Wave (1973)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not Priest (1973)
Miyamoto Musashi Takuan (1973)
Hashire! K-100 (1973)
Dokkoi daisaku School master (1973)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True Priest (1972)
Home from the Sea Senzô Ishizaki (1972)
Tora-san's Dear Old Home Priest (1972)
Flowers at the Crossing (1972)
Ore wa otokoda! (1971-1972)
Tora-san's Love Call priest (1971)
High-School Outcasts (1971)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan priest (1971)
Sushiya no Ken chan Grandfather (1971)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance Priest (1971)
Where Spring Comes Late Genzo, So's father (1970)
Tora-san's Runaway priest (1970)
Hot Wall Kamijo (1970)
Tora-san's Grand Scheme Priest (1970)
Tora-san, His Tender Love Priest (1970)
Fight for the Glory Yonoshin (1969)
Tora-San's Cherished Mother Gozensama (1969)
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp Gozensama (1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea General Maresuke Nogi (1969)
Hi mo tsuki mo (1969)
Tatsu in the Storm Ohki (1968)
Scrap Collectors Yamada (1968)
The Human Bullet Old man of used-book store (1968)
Kenka Tarô (1968)
Ore to kanojo (1968)
Kigeki: Dantai ressha (1967)
Japan's Longest Day Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki (1967)
Oyuki san Ryôkichi Hirayama (1966)
Come Marry Me (1966)
Ohana han: Dai ni bu (1966)
Warm Current Yasuhide Shima (1966)
Yottsu no koi no monogatari Heitarô Misawa (1965)
Radishes and Carrots Tokichi Yamaki (1965)
Tamayura (1965)
Red Beard Mr. Yasumoto (1965)
Monro no youna onna (1964)
The Crest of Man (1964)
Yume no Hawaii de bon odori Gôzô Tôyama (1964)
Tensai sagishi monogatari: Tanuki no hanamichi Komai (1964)
Ore wa bodigado (1964)
Hyakuman-nin no musume tachi Atsufumi Yashiro (1963)
Tange Sazen: zankoku no kawa (1963)
Terrible Record of Kumokiri (1963)
Futari dake no toride Gihachi (1963)
Rush to Our Sweetheart (1963)
Yopparai tengoku (1962)
An Autumn Afternoon Shuhei Hirayama (1962)
Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
Sanroku (1962)
Love Under the Crucifix Sôkei Nanbô (1962)
Aizen Katsura (1962)
A Woman's Place Ishikawa Kinjiro (1962)
Kojin kojitsu (1961)
Yatô kaze no naka o hashiru Village Priest (1961)
The End of Summer Farmer (1961)
The Last War Ehara (1961)
The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Hinanmin no Chôrô (1961)
Internees of Kampili Vice-Admiral Shibata (1960)
Late Autumn Shukichi Miwa (1960)
Satan's Sword Tsukue (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well Public Prosecutor Nonaka (1960)
Salary man Mejiro Sanpei: Teishu no tameiki no maki Sampei Mejiro (1960)
Musume tsuma haha Old man in the park (1960)
Ginrei no ôja Monk (1960)
The Wandering Princess Kinoshita (1960)
Spring Dreams Shinichirô Atsumi (1960)
Floating Weeds Theatre Owner (1959)
Korosareta suchuwadesu: shiro ka kuro ka Detective Shiozaki (1959)
Good Morning Keitarô Hayashi (1959)
Farewell to Spring Kôzô's father (1959)
I Want to Be a Shellfish Komiya (1959)
Hashi Ryôhei Ôuchida (1959)
Suzukake no sanpomichi Ichiro Ishimaru (1959)
The Snow Flurry (1959)
The Happy Pilgrimage Monk (1958)
The Eternal Rainbow Naoji Kageyama (1958)
Daigaku no ninkimono (1958)
Equinox Flower Shukichi Mikami (1958)
The Rickshaw Man Shigezo Yuki (1958)
Kuroi kafun Naoto Tomori (1958)
Hana kurenai ni Shingo Wakasugi (1957)
Yoshida to Sanpei monogatari: Ohanake no sekai Grandfather Ono Jinshichi (1957)
Nigedashita endan (1957)
Saigo no dasso Kunihide Ryu (1957)
Tokyo Twilight Shûkichi Sugiyama (1957)
The Crowded Streetcar Genroku, the father (1957)
Kao Det. Hasegawa (1957)
Sora yukaba Sachiuemon, Jiro's father (1957)
Okashi-na yatsu Imamura (1956)
Arashi Shinji Mizusawa (1956)
Furyô shônen Utarô Ishizaka (1956)
Migotona musume Kôzô Takahara (1956)
Early Spring Kiichi Onodera (1956)
Kodomo no me Sachiko's father (1956)
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Masao - Age 73 (1955)
Zoku Salaryman Mejiro Sampei Sampei Mejiro (1955)
Kuchizuke Prof. Hasegawa-The First Kiss (segment 1) (1955)
Natsume Sôseki no Sanshirô Mr. Hirota (1955)
Gokumonchô (1955)
Salaryman Mejiro Sampei Sampei Mejiro (1955)
Bomeiki (1955)
Fumetsu no nekkyû (1955)
All is Well, Part2 (1955)
All is Well (1955)
The Moon Has Risen Mokichi Asai (1955)
Twenty-Four Eyes Otoko Sensei (1954)
What Is Your Name? Part III (1954)
Kaze tachinu Michio (1954)
Love Letter (1953)
What Is Your Name? Part II (1953)
Tokyo Story Shukichi Hirayama (1953)
What Is Your Name? (1953)
Journey (1953)
Foolish Younger Brother (1953)
Mole Alley (1953)
Jinanbo (1953)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice Sadao Hirayama (1952)
Kare o korosu na (1952)
Kyôshû (1952)
Youth of the Son (1952)
Nami (1952)
Inochi uruwashi Sokichi Imura (1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea Tarobei Kamiya (1951)
Early Summer Koichi Mamiya (1951)
Boyhood Father (1951)
Jiyû gakkô (1951)
Home Sweet Home Kosaku Uemura (1951)
Carmen Comes Home The Principal (1951)
The Good Fairy Ryôen Toba (1951)
Josei sanjûsô (1950)
The Munekata Sisters Tadachika Munekata (1950)
Gozen reiji no shutugoku (1950)
Spring Tide Part 2 (1950)
Spring Tide Part 1 (1950)
Kazanmyaku (1950)
Eikô e no michi (1950)
Wasurerareta kora Schoolmaster Sugita (1949)
Late Spring Shukichi Somiya (1949)
Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
Kekkon sanjûshi (1949)
Omokage Doctor (1948)
The Fourth Lady (1948)
Kane no naru oka - Dai ippen: Ryûta no maki Tachibana (1948)
Ikiteiru gazô Mugita Tanishi (1948)
A Hen in the Wind Kazuichiro Satake (1948)
Otoko o sabaku onna (1948)
Te o tsunagu kora (1948)
Uwasa no otoko (1948)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman Tashiro (1947)
Jôen (1947)
Joen (1947)
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant Yamashita (1947)
Kagi o nigiri onna (1946)
Iki na fûraibô Chôgorô Yamamoto (1946)
Saigo no joito Kosai Wataru (1945)
Izu no musumetachi Oda (1945)
Song of Destruction (1945)
Army Tomosuke Takagi (1944)
The Man Who Has Returned Shôzô Nakaseko (1944)
Suihei-san Teacher (1944)
Kaigun (1943)
Aiki minami e tobu (1943)
Port of Flowers Nobadama (1943)
The Eve of the War (1943)
Minami no kaze mizue no maki (1942)
There Was a Father Shuhei Horikawa (1942)
Cherry Tree Country (1941)
Ornamental Hairpin Osamura (1941)
Hana (1941)
Genkide yukôyo (1941)
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Shojiro's Friend (1941)
Tôkyô kara kita bushi (1941)
Mikaheri no tô Mr. Kusama (1941)
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi Osumi, Lieutenant (1940)
Nyonin tenjin (1940)
Tokai no honryu Director of Police Department (1940)
Praying at Dawn (1940)
Aizen tsubaki (1940)
Haha wa tsuyoshi (1939)
Gonin no kyodai Kenichiro (1939)
Shin josei mondo (1939)
Shunrai (1939)
Minamikaze Brother Yoshiro (1939)
Kaze no joô Ryôsuke Miura (1938)
The Lights of Asakusa Katori Shinichi (1937)
Children in the Wind Policeman (1937)
A Star Athlete Tani (1937)
Suigô jôka - Kojô no reikon (1937)
Saraba sensen he (1937)
Konjiki yasha Kuranosuke Kazahaya (1937)
Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu George (1937)
Kôjô no tsuki Conductor (1937)
Hana-kago no uta Nenkai Hotta (1937)
A Little Aerial Navigator (1936)
Shindo: Zempen Akemi no maki (1936)
Hitozuma tsubaki Watanabe Toraichi (1936)
The Only Son Professor Ookubo (1936)
College is a Nice Place Amano (1935)
An Inn in Tokyo Police man (1935)
A Story of Floating Weeds Shouting audience member (1934)
A Mother Should Be Loved Hattori (1934)
Passing Fancy Man on boat (1933)
Dragnet Girl Policeman (1933)
Woman of Tokyo Reporter (1933)
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? Shimazaki (1932)
I Was Born, But... (1932)
Manchurian Marching Song (1932)
Tokyo Chorus (1931)
That Night's Wife Policeman (1930)
I Flunked, But... Class mate (1930)
Walk Cheerfully (1930)
Days of Youth Student (1929)
Physical Beauty (1928)
Couple on the Move (1928)
Pumpkin (1928)
Wife Lost (1928)
Actor

Dreams of Youth (1928)
Soundtrack

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
Archive footage

Compression (2019)
The Cinema of Ozu According to Kiju Yoshida (1993)

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Awards

6 wins.

Did You Know

Trivia

Appeared in 52 of Yasujiro Ozu's 54 films.

[on Yasujiro Ozu] Mr. Ozu looked happiest when he was engaged in writing a scenario with Mr. Kogo Noda, at the latter's cottage on the tableland of Nagano Prefecture. By the time he finished writing a script, after about four months' effort, he had ...