Chishū Ryū
May 13, 1904 (121 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1997 · Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version as High Priest
- 1992 · Tora-san Makes Excuses as High Priest
- 1992 · Luminous Moss as Judge
- 1991 · Tora-san Confesses as High Priest
- 1991 · Until the End of the World as Mr. Mori
- 1990 · Wim Wenders in Tokyo as Self
- 1990 · Tora-san Takes a Vacation as High Priest
- 1990 · Dreams as Old Man
- 1989 · Tora-san, My Uncle as Gozen-sama
- 1989 · Tora-san Goes to Vienna as the High Priest
- 1989 · Until Spring Comes as
- 1988 · Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as