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Chishū Ryū
Actor · 41 credits
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.
Known For
Tokyo Story
1953
Shukichi Hirayama
Late Spring
1949
Shukichi Somiya
Dreams
1990
Old Man
Red Beard
1965
Mr. Yasumoto
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
A Monk (uncredited)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Hinanmin no Chôrô
All Work
Until the End of the World
1991
Mr. Mori
Dreams
1990
Old Man
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
A Monk (uncredited)
The Funeral
1984
The Priest
