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Chishū Ryū
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).
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As actor
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Luminous Moss
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora-san Confesses
Until the End of the World
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Dreams
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Making of 'Dreams'
Tora-san, My Uncle
Until Spring Comes
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
A Taxing Woman's Return
Crybaby Chacha
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Tora-san Goes North
Carefree Goddesses
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
The Greatest Man in the World
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Tokyo-Ga
When Winter Comes
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Tora-san, the Go-Between
And Then
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
The Funeral
Tora-san's Forbidden Love