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Chishū Ryū
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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.
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
A Story of Floating Weeds
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Floating Weeds
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Tokyo-Ga
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Late Spring
As Shukichi Somiya
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
As Tashiro
Tokyo Story
As Shukichi Hirayama
Until the End of the World
As Mr. Mori
Good Morning
As Keitaro Hayashi
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
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Until the End of the World
1991 · Mr. Mori
Tokyo-Ga
1985 · Self
Home from the Sea
1972 · Ishizaki Senzo
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 · 御前样
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Tange Sazen
1963
Floating Weeds
1959 · Theatre Owner
Good Morning
1959 · Keitaro Hayashi
Equinox Flower
1958 · Shukichi Mikami
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · Toyozo Yuki
Tokyo Story
1953 · Shukichi Hirayama
Late Spring
1949 · Shukichi Somiya
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947 · Tashiro
There Was a Father
1942 · Shuhei Horikawa
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941 · Shojiro's Friend
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)