Acting
Chishū Ryū
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.
Filmography
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Film · 1997
Luminous Moss
Film · 1992
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Film · 1992
Tora-san Confesses
Film · 1991
Until the End of the World
Film · 1991
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Film · 1990
Dreams
Film · 1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Film · 1990
Making of 'Dreams'
Film · 1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
Film · 1989
Until Spring Comes
Film · 1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Film · 1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Film · 1988
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Film · 1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
Film · 1988
Crybaby Chacha
Film · 1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Film · 1987
Tora-san Goes North
Film · 1987
Carefree Goddesses
Film · 1987
An Early Autumn
Series · 1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Film · 1986
The Greatest Man in the World
Film · 1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Film · 1986
Tokyo-Ga
Film · 1985
When Winter Comes
Film · 1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Film · 1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Film · 1985
And Then
Film · 1985
And Then
Film · 1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Film · 1985
The Funeral
Film · 1984
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Film · 1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Film · 1984
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Film · 1984
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Film · 1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
Film · 1983
I Lived, But...
Film · 1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Film · 1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Film · 1983
The Longest Tunnel
Film · 1982
When We are Old
Film · 1982
Tora-san, the Expert
Film · 1982
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Film · 1982
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Film · 1981
Tora-san's Promise
Film · 1981
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Film · 1980
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Film · 1980
A-Un
Series · 1980
Zoku zoku jiken
Series · 1980
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Film · 1979
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Film · 1979
Tokyo Suburbia
Series · 1979
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Film · 1978
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Film · 1978
Monument to Holy Service
Film · 1978
Haguregumo
Series · 1978
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Film · 1977
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Film · 1977
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Film · 1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
Film · 1976
Oretachi no toki
Film · 1976
The Roads Men Travel
Series · 1976
Hi no kuni ni
Series · 1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Film · 1975
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Film · 1975
Kyukei no Koya
Film · 1975
Tora-san's Lovesick
Film · 1974
Tora-san's Lullaby
Film · 1974
The Castle of Sand
Film · 1974
Machi no Hi
Film · 1974
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
Film · 1974
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Film · 1973
Miyamoto Musashi
Film · 1973
Flower and Dragon
Film · 1973
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Film · 1973
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Film · 1973
Home from the Sea
Film · 1972
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Film · 1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Film · 1972
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Film · 1971
Tora-san's Love Call
Film · 1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Film · 1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Film · 1971
おれは男だ！
Series · 1971
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Film · 1970
Where Spring Comes Late
Film · 1970
The Last Kamikaze
Film · 1970
High-School Outcasts
Film · 1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Film · 1970
Tora-san's Runaway
Film · 1970
Battle of the Japan Sea
Film · 1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Film · 1969
Fight for the Glory
Film · 1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Film · 1969
Through Days and Months
Film · 1969
The Lonely Scalpel
Series · 1969
The Human Bullet
Film · 1968
Scrap Collectors
Film · 1968
Japan's Longest Day
Film · 1967
Traveling in Party
Film · 1967
The Black Sheep
Film · 1967
Come Marry Me
Film · 1966
Warm Current
Film · 1966
Oyuki
Film · 1966
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Film · 1966
Red Beard
Film · 1965
The Soundless Cry
Film · 1965
The Radish and the Carrot
Film · 1965
The Four Loves
Film · 1965
Tamayura
Series · 1965
Dislikes
Film · 1964
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Film · 1964
Gazing at Love and Death
Film · 1964
Blue Eyed Bride
Film · 1964
I'm a Bodyguard
Film · 1964
Monrō no yōna onna
Film · 1964
Futari dake no toride
Film · 1963
Rush to Our Sweetheart
Film · 1963
Tange Sazen
Film · 1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Film · 1963
Double Wedding
Film · 1963
Sakiko-san chotto
Film · 1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Film · 1963
A Million Girls
Film · 1963
Dolls floating down the river
Film · 1962
Zoku aizen katsura
Film · 1962
Flower in a Storm
Film · 1962
An Autumn Afternoon
Film · 1962
Yoru no keisha
Film · 1962
Love Under the Crucifix
Film · 1962
Drunkard's Paradise
Film · 1962
The Wiser Age
Film · 1962
Four Sisters
Film · 1962
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Film · 1961
The End of Summer
Film · 1961
The Last War
Film · 1961
Door of Flowers
Film · 1961
The Youth and His Amulet
Film · 1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
Film · 1961
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
Film · 1961
Bandits on the Wind
Film · 1961
Student Executive
Film · 1961
Late Autumn
Film · 1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Film · 1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
Film · 1960
Spring Dreams
Film · 1960
The Wandering Princess
Film · 1960
Satan's Sword
Film · 1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
Film · 1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Film · 1960
Internees of Kampili
Film · 1960
Only She Knows
Film · 1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Film · 1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: A Wife's Virginal Face
Film · 1960
Love in the Mountains
Film · 1959
Good Morning
Film · 1959
Floating Weeds
Film · 1959
Bridge
Film · 1959
The Snow Flurry
Film · 1959
Farewell to Spring
Film · 1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Film · 1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Film · 1959
The White Road Across the River
Film · 1959
The Path Under the Platanes
Film · 1959
Equinox Flower
Film · 1958
The Rickshaw Man
Film · 1958
White Blaze
Film · 1958
The Eternal Rainbow
Film · 1958
The College Hero
Film · 1958
Whirlpool of Flowers
Film · 1958
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Film · 1958
Tokyo Twilight
Film · 1957
Flying in the Air
Film · 1957
The Crowded Train
Film · 1957
The Face
Film · 1957
Hearts A-Flutter
Film · 1957
The Last Escape
Film · 1957
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei: Kids in the Wind
Film · 1957
The Story of Zenta and Sanpei in the Ghost World
Film · 1957
Early Spring
Film · 1956
The Storm
Film · 1956
Eyes of Children
Film · 1956
The Wicked Boy
Film · 1956
Pure Love
Film · 1956
The Invisible 108th Unit
Film · 1956
Everyone's Sweetheart
Film · 1956
Funny Fellows
Film · 1956
Striving to Live
Film · 1955
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Film · 1955
The Moon Has Risen
Film · 1955
All is Well
Film · 1955
All is Well 2
Film · 1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Film · 1955
The First Kiss
Film · 1955
Stray Sheep
Film · 1955
The Refugee
Film · 1955
Subarashiki shōtai
Film · 1955
The Immortal Pitcher
Film · 1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
Film · 1954
慶安水滸傳
Film · 1954
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
Film · 1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
Film · 1954
Haru no Wakakusa
Film · 1954
Autumn Interlude
Film · 1954
新婚たくあん夫婦
Film · 1954
Mole Alley
Film · 1953
Tokyo Story
Film · 1953
Sisters
Film · 1953
Always in My Heart
Film · 1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
Film · 1953
Love Letter
Film · 1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
Film · 1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Film · 1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Film · 1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Film · 1952
Youth of the Son
Film · 1952
Kyōshū
Film · 1952
Kare o korosu na
Film · 1952
The Waves
Film · 1952
Dôkoku
Film · 1952
Early Summer
Film · 1951
Carmen Comes Home
Film · 1951
Boyhood
Film · 1951
Home Sweet Home
Film · 1951
Freedom School
Film · 1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Film · 1951
The Good Fairy
Film · 1951
Beauty of Life
Film · 1951
The Munekata Sisters
Film · 1950
The Actress and the Detective
Film · 1950
Kazanmyaku
Film · 1950
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
Film · 1950
Late Spring
Film · 1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Film · 1949
Forgotten Children
Film · 1949
Kekkon Sanjûshi
Film · 1949
The Fourth Lady
Film · 1948
A Visage to Remember
Film · 1948
Great X
Film · 1948
Children Hand in Hand
Film · 1948
A Hen in the Wind
Film · 1948
Living Image
Film · 1948
The Man of Rumor
Film · 1948
A Woman Who Convicts Men
Film · 1948
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Film · 1947
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
Film · 1947
Iki na fûraibô
Film · 1946
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Film · 1946
Gekimetsu no uta
Film · 1945
Otome no iru kichi
Film · 1945
Sennichimae fukin
Film · 1945
The Young Women of Izu
Film · 1945
Saigo no joito
Film · 1945
Army
Film · 1944
Sailor
Film · 1944
The Man Who Has Returned
Film · 1944
Kaisen no Zenya
Film · 1943
Navy
Film · 1943
Port of Flowers
Film · 1943
Our Planes Fly South
Film · 1943
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
Film · 1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Film · 1943
There Was a Father
Film · 1942
South Wind
Film · 1942
South Wind 2
Film · 1942
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Film · 1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Film · 1941
Ornamental Hairpin
Film · 1941
Flower
Film · 1941
Introspection Tower
Film · 1941
Utsukushiki Rinjin
Film · 1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
Film · 1940
Mother is Strong
Film · 1939
Southern Wind
Film · 1939
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Film · 1939
Spring Thunder
Film · 1939
New Woman Question and Answer
Film · 1939
Queen of the Wind
Film · 1938
Children in the Wind
Film · 1937
A Star Athlete
Film · 1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
Film · 1937
The Lights of Asakusa
Film · 1937
The Golden Demon
Film · 1937
Song of the Flower Basket
Film · 1937
Moon Over the Ruins
Film · 1937
Goodbye to the Front
Film · 1937
The Only Son
Film · 1936
Housewife Camellia
Film · 1936
Boy Aviation Pilots
Film · 1936
College Is a Nice Place
Film · 1936
The New Road: Akemi
Film · 1936
An Inn in Tokyo
Film · 1935
Street Without End
Film · 1934
A Mother Should Be Loved
Film · 1934
A Story of Floating Weeds
Film · 1934
Woman of Tokyo
Film · 1933
Passing Fancy
Film · 1933
Dragnet Girl
Film · 1933
Love
Film · 1933
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Film · 1932
I Was Born, But...
Film · 1932
The Lady and the Beard
Film · 1931
That Night's Wife
Film · 1930
I Flunked, But...
Film · 1930
Days of Youth
Film · 1929
Physical Beauty
Film · 1928
Pumpkin
Film · 1928
Wife Lost
Film · 1928
Couple on the Move
Film · 1928
Dreams of Youth
Film · 1928