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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, lice…
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- Tamayura (1965) as 直木良彦
- Hi no kuni ni (1976) as 造園主・吉野公平
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Shukichi Hirayama
- Red Beard (1965) as Mr. Yasumoto
- Dreams (1990) as Old Man
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) as Tayama Dosen
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) as Hinanmin no Chôrô
- Late Spring (1949) as Shukichi Somiya
- The End of Summer (1961) as Farmer
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Kojuro Kirihara
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Shuhei Hirayama
- Until the End of the World (1991) as Mr. Mori
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
- The Roads Men Travel (1976) as Kadomae
- The Funeral (1984) as The Priest
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Otoko Sensei
- Early Spring (1956) as Kiichi Onodera
- The Only Son (1936) as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Shukichi Sugiyama
- The Longest Tunnel (1982) as Saiji Akutsu
- Good Morning (1959) as Keitaro Hayashi
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) as Sadao Hirayama
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Shukichi Mikami
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Theatre Owner
- Late Autumn (1960) as Shukichi Miwa
- Zoku zoku jiken (1980) Cast
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971) as the High Priest
- Haguregumo (1978) Cast
- I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959) as Komiya
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) as Former Priest
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as General Maresuke Nogi
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Cast
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
- I Was Born, But... (1932) as Home movie projectionist
- Children Hand in Hand (1948) as Mr. Matsumura
- Tokyo Suburbia (1979) Cast
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) as Priest
- Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949) Cast
- Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii (1964) as Gôzô Tôyama
- Drunkard's Paradise (1962) Cast
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Most-watched Chishū Ryū films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), Red Beard (1965), Dreams (1990), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961).
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Selected TV credits: Tamayura (1965), Hi no kuni ni (1976), The Roads Men Travel (1976), Zoku zoku jiken (1980), Haguregumo (1978).
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