Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-05-13 (89 years old)
Deathday
1993-03-16
Place of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
笠 智衆
Chishû Ryû
Ryu Chishu
Chishuu Ryuu
Тисю Рю
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 ...
1948
1982
as Saiji Akutsu
1965
as Mr. Yasumoto
1987
1949
as Shukichi Somiya
1956
as Kiichi Onodera
1955
1960
as Shukichi Miwa
1960
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
1942
as Shuhei Horikawa
1961
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
1941
as The Boss
1958
as Shukichi Mikami
1959
as Keitaro Hayashi
1961
as Farmer
1943
1945
as 河上耕造
1934
as Yukihiko Chiba
1984
as The Priest
1962
as Neighbor
1954
as Otoko Sensei
1958
as Shigezo Yuki
1953
1967
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
1959
as Theatre Owner
1965
as Tateno
1953
as Shukichi Hirayama
1930
as Policeman
1962
as Shuhei Hirayama
1951
as Koichi Mamiya
1936
as Teacher Okubo
1947
as Tashiro
1957
as Shukichi Sugiyama
1952
as Sadao Hirayama
1950
as Tadachika Munekata
1985
as Self
1941
as Shojiro's Friend
1946
as Chôgorô Yamamoto
1959
1961
as Ebara
1968
as Bookstore Man
1951
as Principal
1969
as General Maresuke Nogi
1933
as Reporter
1951
as Father
1941
as Nanmura
1955
as Masao - Age 73
1952
as Mr. Uemura
1933
as Man on Boat
1934
as Hattori
1976
as Priest
1970
as Priest
1959
1944
as Tomosuke Takagi
1972
as Ishizaki Senzo
1992
as Judge
1958
1944
as Teacher (uncredited)
1937
as Policeman
1983
as the High Priest
1958
as Naoji Kageyama
1937
as Tani
1960
as Shinichirô Atsumi
1939
1972
as the High Priest
1939
1941
1942
1971
as the High Priest
1962
1962
as Sokei Nambo
1970
as Genzo, So's father
1974
as Gozen-sama
1960
as Kinoshita
1955
as Asai Mokichi
1974
as Gozen-sama
1954
as 神尾備前守
1975
as Gozen-sama
1976
as Gozen-sama
1977
as Gozensama
1937
as George
1943
as Major Kikuchi
1955
as Shingo Mori
1955
1977
as Priest
1937
as Shin'ichi Katori
1960
as Tsukue
1952
1952
1951
as Kosaku Uemura
1953
1968
1961
1956
1989
as Gozen-sama
1943
as Nobadama
1951
1978
as Gozen-sama
1930
as Class mate
1932
as Shimazaki
1933
as Policeman
1978
as Gozen-sama
1990
as Old Man
1943
as Teacher Matsuki
1969
as Gozen-sama
1979
as Gozen-sama
1931
as (uncredited)
1964
1957
as Genroku, the father
1960
as Old man in the park
1982
1942
1974
as Kojuro Kirihara
1991
as Mr. Mori
1951
as Tarobei Kamiya
1951
as Ryôen Toba
1959
as Kôzô's father
1953
1955
as Hasegawa
1962
as Kinjiro Ishikawa
1934
as Audience Member
1935
as Policeman
1973
as the High Priest
1988
as Gozen-sama
1986
as the High Priest
1987
as the High Priest
1982
as the High Priest
1981
as Gozen-sama
1981
as Gozen-sama
1985
as the High Priest
1982
as Gozen-sama
1985
as the High Priest
1983
as the High Priest
1980
as Gozen-sama
1964
as Gôzô Tôyama
1955
as Professor Hirota
1988
1963
1960
as Vice-Admiral Shibata
1937
as Kuranosuke Kazahaya
1929
as Student
1937
as Nenkai Hotta
1967
1962
1976
1970
as Instructor Takeyama
1983
as Self
1955
1973
as Takuan
1952
1984
as the High Priest
1948
as Chief of police
1937
as Conductor
1948
as Mr. Matsumura
1956
1957
as Det. Hasegawa
1980
as Priest
1959
as Komiya
1936
as Amano
1928
1928
1928
1969
as Gozensama
1960
1970
as High Priest
1984
as the High Priest
1985
1941
as Mr. Kusama
1952
1970
as High Priest
1966
as Tamotsu's Grandfather
1986
as Hermit
1948
as Kazuichiro Satake
1988
as Former Priest
1957
as Shingo Wakasugi
1990
as Self
1965
as Heitarô Misawa
1928
1975
as the High Priest
1963
as Noriko's Father
1993
as Self (archival footage)
1939
as Seizaburō Utsumi
1960
as Monk
1972
as the High Priest
1971
as the High Priest
1971
as the High Priest
1987
as the High Priest
1989
as the High Priest
1939
1974
as Takushoku
1964
as Maruhashi Gotaro
1966
as Yasuhide Shima
1953
1954
1951
1948
1933
1949
1961
as Ozeki Hitoshi
1959
as Detective Shiozaki
1975
1964
1945
1966
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