As Actor
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
7.0
Chishū Ryū
Acting
Born
May 13, 1904
Place of Birth
Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Deceased
March 16, 1993
Biography
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
The First Kiss
1955
6.3
As Actor
The Moon Has Risen
1955
6.8
As Actor
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
7.7
As Actor
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
7.0
As Actor
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
6.5
As Actor
Tokyo Story
1953
8.2
As Actor
Always in My Heart
1953
6.8
As Actor
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
7.6
As Actor
Youth of the Son
1952
6.6
As Actor
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
5.0
As Actor
Early Summer
1951
7.8
As Actor
Boyhood
1951
6.8
As Actor
Carmen Comes Home
1951
6.2
As Actor
Home Sweet Home
1951
6.8
As Actor
The Good Fairy
1951
5.5
As Actor
The Munekata Sisters
1950
7.0
As Actor
Late Spring
1949
8.0
As Actor
A Hen in the Wind
1948
7.1
As Actor
A Visage to Remember
1948
6.3