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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
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Shukichi Hirayama
- Dreams (1990) as Old Man
- Red Beard (1965) as Mr. Yasumoto
- Late Spring (1949) as Shukichi Somiya
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) as Tayama Dosen
- The Roads Men Travel (1976) as Kadomae
- Hi no kuni ni (1976) as 造園主・吉野公平
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) as Hinanmin no Chôrô
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
- Good Morning (1959) as Keitaro Hayashi
- Until the End of the World (1991) as Mr. Mori
- Zoku zoku jiken (1980) Cast
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Shuhei Hirayama
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Otoko Sensei
- Early Summer (1951) as Koichi Mamiya
- Late Autumn (1960) as Shukichi Miwa
- Haguregumo (1978) Cast
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Theatre Owner
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Shukichi Sugiyama
- The Funeral (1984) as The Priest
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Kojuro Kirihara
- Tokyo-Ga (1985) as Self
- The End of Summer (1961) as Farmer
- A-Un (1980) Cast
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as General Maresuke Nogi
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Shukichi Mikami
- A Hen in the Wind (1948) as Kazuichiro Satake
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) as Sadao Hirayama
- Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949) Cast
- Tokyo Suburbia (1979) Cast
- The Only Son (1936) as Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
- Early Spring (1956) as Kiichi Onodera
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Old man in the park
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981) as Gozen-sama
- The Longest Tunnel (1982) as Saiji Akutsu
- I Was Born, But... (1932) as Home movie projectionist
- An Early Autumn (1987) Cast
- Woman of Tokyo (1933) as Reporter
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Most-watched Chishū Ryū films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), Dreams (1990), Red Beard (1965), Late Spring (1949), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985).
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Selected TV credits: Tamayura (1965), The Roads Men Travel (1976), Hi no kuni ni (1976), Zoku zoku jiken (1980), Haguregumo (1978).
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