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Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Birthday: 1904-05-13 | Place of Birth: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1992
Luminous Moss

as    Judge

1990
Dreams

as    Old Man

1985
Tokyo-Ga

as    Self

1974
The Castle of Sand

as    Kojuro Kirihara

1972
Early Summer

as    Koichi Mamiya

1969
Battle of the Japan Sea

as    General Maresuke Nogi

1962
An Autumn Afternoon

as    Shuhei Hirayama

1960
Satan's Sword

as    Tsukue

1955
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

as    Masao - Age 73

1953
Tokyo Story

as    Shukichi Hirayama

1951
Fireworks Over the Sea

as    Tarobei Kamiya

1941
Ornamental Hairpin

as    Nanmura

1933
Passing Fancy

as    Man on Boat