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Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Known For Acting
Birthday May 13, 1904
Died Mar 16, 1993 (88)
Birthplace Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Feb 28, 2025
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chishû Ryû, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Until the End of the World

Until the End of the World

1991

as Mr. Mori

Dreams

Dreams

1990

as Old Man

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Television Credits

Tamayura

as 直木良彦

Episodes: 310

First Aired: Apr 05, 1965

Hi no kuni ni

as 造園主・吉野公平

Episodes: 154

First Aired: Oct 04, 1976

The Roads Men Travel

as Kadomae

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 28, 1976

Haguregumo

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Apr 02, 1978

Tokyo Suburbia

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Apr 13, 1979

A-Un

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Mar 09, 1980

Zoku zoku jiken

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 14, 1980

An Early Autumn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 28, 1987

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