As Actor
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
7.2
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 Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
1947
7.0
As Actor
Army
1944
6.9
As Actor
Port of Flowers
1943
7.2
As Actor
There Was a Father
1942
7.0
As Actor
Ornamental Hairpin
1941
6.7
As Actor
Introspection Tower
1941
6.7
As Actor
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
6.0
As Actor
A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939
5.6
As Actor
Children in the Wind
1937
7.6
As Actor
A Star Athlete
1937
6.0
As Actor
The Only Son
1936
7.4
As Actor
An Inn in Tokyo
1935
6.9
As Actor
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
7.1
As Actor
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934
6.1
As Actor
Passing Fancy
1933
6.6
As Actor
Dragnet Girl
1933
6.7
As Actor
Woman of Tokyo
1933
6.8
As Actor
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932
6.5
As Actor
That Night's Wife
1930
6.5