Chishū Ryū
Acting
Born 1904-05-13 · Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Nov 22, 1997
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Dec 26, 1992
Luminous Moss
Apr 25, 1992
Tora-san Confesses
Dec 23, 1991
Until the End of the World
Sep 12, 1991
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Dec 31, 1990
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Dec 22, 1990
Making of 'Dreams'
Nov 2, 1990
Dreams
May 11, 1990
Tora-san, My Uncle
Dec 27, 1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Aug 5, 1989
Until Spring Comes
Apr 6, 1989
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Dec 24, 1988
A Taxing Woman's Return
Jan 15, 1988
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
Jan 1, 1988
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Dec 26, 1987
Tora-san Goes North
Aug 15, 1987
Crybaby Chacha
Feb 21, 1987
Carefree Goddesses
Feb 7, 1987
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Dec 20, 1986
The Greatest Man in the World
Oct 25, 1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Aug 2, 1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Dec 28, 1985
And Then
Nov 9, 1985
And Then
Nov 9, 1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Sep 20, 1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Aug 3, 1985
Tokyo-Ga
Apr 24, 1985
When Winter Comes
Mar 30, 1985
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Dec 28, 1984