Chishū Ryū
AKA: 笠 智衆
Birthday: 1904-05-13
Died: 1993-03-16
Birthplace: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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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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Filmography
Character: Shukichi Somiya
Character: Kiichi Onodera
Character: Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Character: Shuhei Horikawa
Character: Hinanmin no Chôrô
Character: Shukichi Mikami
Character: Keitaro Hayashi
Character: Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Character: Shukichi Hirayama
Character: Shuhei Hirayama
Character: Shukichi Sugiyama
Character: Sadao Hirayama
Character: Tadachika Munekata
Character: Shojiro's Friend
Character: General Maresuke Nogi
Character: Masao - Age 73
Character: Tomosuke Takagi
Character: Ishizaki Senzo
Character: the High Priest
Character: Naoji Kageyama
Character: the High Priest
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Character: Genzo, So's father
Character: Shin'ichi Katori
Character: Genroku, the father
Character: Old man in the park
Character: Kojuro Kirihara
Character: Tarobei Kamiya
Character: Shinichirô Atsumi
Character: Kinjiro Ishikawa
Character: Audience Member
Character: the High Priest
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Character: Professor Hirota
Character: Vice-Admiral Shibata
Character: Kuranosuke Kazahaya
Character: Instructor Takeyama
Character: the High Priest
Character: Chief of police
Character: the High Priest
Character: Tamotsu's Grandfather
Character: Kazuichiro Satake
Character: Shingo Wakasugi
Character: Heitarô Misawa
Character: the High Priest
Character: Noriko's Father
Character: Seizaburō Utsumi
Character: Self (archival footage)
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Character: Maruhashi Gotaro
Character: Yasuhide Shima
Character: Yukihiko Chiba
Character: Chôgorô Yamamoto
Character: Teacher (uncredited)
Character: Teacher Matsuki