Chishu Ryu

Chishu Ryu (笠智衆, Ryū Chishū^?, May 13, 1904 – March 16, 1993) 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).

Selected Filmography

• Days of Youth (学生ロマンス 若き日 Gakusei romansu Wakakihi) (1929)
• I Was Born, But... (大人の見る繪本 生れてはみたけれど, Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo) (1932)
• A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語, Ukikusa monogatari) (1934)
• The Only Son (一人息子, Hitori musuko) (1936)
• Late Spring (晩春,　Banshun) (1949)
• Early Summer (麦秋, Bakushū) (1951)
• Carmen Comes Home (カルメン故郷に帰る, Karumen Kokyo-ni Kaeru) (1951)
• Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tōkyō Monogatari) (1953)
• Arashi (1956)
• Rickshaw Man (無法松の一生, Muhomatsu no isshō) (1958)
• Equinox Flower (彼岸花, Higanbana) (1958)
• Good Morning (おはよう, Ohayō) (1959)
• Late Autumn (秋日和, Akibiyori) (1960)
• The Bad Sleep Well (悪い奴ほどよく眠る, Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) (1960)
• The Last War (世界大戦争, Sekai daisensō) (1961)
• The End of Summer (小早川家の秋, Kohayagawa-ke no aki) (1961)
• An Autumn Afternoon (秋刀魚の味, Sanma no Aji) (1962)
• Red Beard (赤ひげ, Akahige) (1965)
• The Human Bullet (肉弾, Nikudan) (1968)
• Otoko-wa Tsurai-yo! (男はつらいよ）series (1969-1991)
• Castle of Sand (砂の器, Suna no utsuwa) (1974)
• The Funeral (お葬式 Osōshiki) (1984)
• Tokyo-Ga (東京画 Tōkyō-Ga) (1985)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (ミシマ:ア・ライフ・イン・フォー・チャプターズ) (1985)
• A Taxing Woman's Return (マルサの女2, Yume) (1988)
• Dreams (夢, Yume) (1990)
• Until the End of the World (夢の涯てまでも, Yume no hatemademo) (1991)
• Luminous Moss (1992)

External links

• Chishu Ryu at the Internet Movie Database
• JMDb profile (in Japanese)
• Chishu Ryu at Ozu-san.com