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Acting

Chishū Ryū

Profession
Acting
Born
May 13, 1904 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died
March 16, 1993

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

Tokyo Story poster
Tokyo Story
Film · 1953 · ★ 8.2
Dreams poster
Dreams
Film · 1990 · ★ 7.7
Late Spring poster
Late Spring
Film · 1949 · ★ 8.0
Red Beard poster
Red Beard
Film · 1965 · ★ 8.2
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters poster
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Film · 1985 · ★ 7.8
An Autumn Afternoon poster
An Autumn Afternoon
Film · 1962 · ★ 7.9
Good Morning poster
Good Morning
Film · 1959 · ★ 7.7
The Bad Sleep Well poster
The Bad Sleep Well
Film · 1960 · ★ 7.7
Until the End of the World poster
Until the End of the World
Film · 1991 · ★ 6.7
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer poster
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Film · 1961 · ★ 8.4
Early Summer poster
Early Summer
Film · 1951 · ★ 7.9
Floating Weeds poster
Floating Weeds
Film · 1959 · ★ 7.5

Filmography