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).
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An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of f...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Until the End of the World (1991) | Mr. Mori | 7.3 | |
| 2 | Dreams (1990) | Old Man | 7.6 | |
| 3 | Making of 'Dreams' (1990) | Self | - | - |
| 4 | A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) | Former Priest | 3 | |
| 5 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) | Tayama Dosen | 8.5 | |
| 6 | And Then (1985) | Toku Nagai | 3 | |
| 7 | Tokyo-Ga (1985) | Self | 8 | |
| 8 | The Funeral (1984) | The Priest | 4 | |
| 9 | I Lived, But... (1983) | Self | 7 | |
| 10 | The Castle of Sand (1974) | Kojuro Kirihara | 3 | |
| 11 | Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973) | the High Priest | 5 | |
| 12 | Where Spring Comes Late (1970) | Genzo, So's father | 4 | |
| 13 | Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) | Gozen-sama | 3 | |
| 14 | The Human Bullet (1968) | Bookstore Owner | 8 | |
| 15 | Japan's Longest Day (1967) | Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki | 5 | |
| 16 | Red Beard (1965) | Mr. Yasumoto | 8.7 | |
| 17 | Love Under the Crucifix (1962) | Sokei Nambo | 3 | |
| 18 | An Autumn Afternoon (1962) | Shuhei Hirayama | 8 | |
| 19 | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) | Hinanmin no Chôrô | 7.5 | |
| 20 | The Last War (1961) | Ebara | 2 | |
| 21 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) | Old man in the park | 2 | |
| 22 | Late Autumn (1960) | Shukichi Miwa | 7 | |
| 23 | The Bad Sleep Well (1960) | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | 7 | |
| 24 | Satan's Sword (1960) | Tsukue | 5 | |
| 25 | Floating Weeds (1959) | Theatre Owner | - | - |
| 26 | Good Morning (1959) | Keitaro Hayashi | 7.5 | |
| 27 | The Rickshaw Man (1958) | Toyozo Yuki | 3 | |
| 28 | Tokyo Twilight (1957) | Shukichi Sugiyama | 1 | |
| 29 | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955) | Masao - Age 73 | 5 | |
| 30 | The First Kiss (1955) | Hasegawa | 3 | |
| 31 | Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) | Otoko Sensei | - | - |
| 32 | Love Letter (1953) | - | 3 | |
| 33 | Tokyo Story (1953) | Shukichi Hirayama | 7.2 | |
| 34 | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) | Sadao Hirayama | - | - |
| 35 | Early Summer (1951) | Koichi Mamiya | 4.5 | |
| 36 | Boyhood (1951) | Father | - | - |
| 37 | Carmen Comes Home (1951) | Principal | 5 | |
| 38 | Late Spring (1949) | Shukichi Somiya | 4.5 | |
| 39 | A Hen in the Wind (1948) | Kazuichiro Satake | 6 | |
| 40 | Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) | Tashiro | 2 | |
| 41 | Army (1944) | Tomosuke Takagi | 6 | |
| 42 | Port of Flowers (1943) | Nobadama | 5 | |
| 43 | There Was a Father (1942) | Shuhei Horikawa | 4 | |
| 44 | Ornamental Hairpin (1941) | Nanmura | 2 | |
| 45 | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) | Shojiro's Friend | 4 | |
| 46 | A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939) | Seizaburō Utsumi | 4 | |
| 47 | Children in the Wind (1937) | Policeman | 5 | |
| 48 | The Only Son (1936) | Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher | 8 | |
| 49 | An Inn in Tokyo (1935) | Policeman | 3 | |
| 50 | A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) | Shouting Audience Member (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 51 | Street Without End (1934) | Yukihiko Chiba | 5 | |
| 52 | Dragnet Girl (1933) | Policeman | 4 | |
| 53 | Passing Fancy (1933) | Man on Boat | 5 | |
| 54 | I Was Born, But... (1932) | Home movie projectionist | 7 | |
| 55 | That Night's Wife (1930) | Policeman | 3 | |
| 56 | I Flunked, But... (1930) | Student | 5 |
