Chishū Ryū
Birthday: 1904-05-13 | Place of Birth: Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, JapanChishu 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
Acting
Role
as Policeman
as Shukichi Mikami
as Self (archival footage)
as Judge
as Mr. Mori
as 御前样
as Old Man
as Self
as Self
as 御前样
as 御前样
as 御前样
as Self
as The High Priest
as 御前样
as Hermit
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as Self
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