Chishu Ryu
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Chishu Ryu | |||||||
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from Late Spring (1949) |
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Born | May 12, 1904 Kumamoto, Japan |
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Died | March 16, 1993 (aged 88) Yokohama, Japan |
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Other name(s) | Chishuu Ryuu | ||||||
Years active | 1928-1992 | ||||||
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Chishu Ryu (笠智衆, Ryū Chishū; born May 12, 1904 in Kumamoto, Japan; died 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).