About
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
TamayuraSeries • 1965
Red BeardMovie • 1965
Hi no kuni niSeries • 1976
DreamsMovie • 1990
Tokyo StoryMovie • 1953
Late SpringMovie • 1949
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerMovie • 1961
Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMovie • 1985
The Castle of SandMovie • 1974
The End of SummerMovie • 1961
Twenty-Four EyesMovie • 1954
An Autumn AfternoonMovie • 1962
Until the End of the WorldMovie • 1991
The Bad Sleep WellMovie • 1960
Good MorningMovie • 1959
The FuneralMovie • 1984
The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceMovie • 1952
Equinox FlowerMovie • 1958
Late AutumnMovie • 1960
Tokyo TwilightMovie • 1957
Early SummerMovie • 1951
Early SpringMovie • 1956
Tora-san, Our Lovable TrampMovie • 1969
Record of a Tenement GentlemanMovie • 1947