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.
Filmography (23)
Until the End of the World
as Mr. Mori
Dreams
as Old Man
The Castle of Sand
as Kojuro Kirihara
Miyamoto Musashi
as Takuan
Japan's Longest Day
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Red Beard
as Mr. Yasumoto
An Autumn Afternoon
as Shuhei Hirayama
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Hinanmin no Chôrô
Late Autumn
as Shukichi Miwa
Satan's Sword
as Tsukue
Floating Weeds
as Theatre Owner
Good Morning
as Keitaro Hayashi
Equinox Flower
as Shukichi Mikami
The Rickshaw Man
as Toyozo Yuki
Tokyo Twilight
as Shukichi Sugiyama
Early Spring
as Kiichi Onodera
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Otoko Sensei
Tokyo Story
as Shukichi Hirayama
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Sadao Hirayama
Early Summer
as Koichi Mamiya
Late Spring
as Shukichi Somiya
There Was a Father
as Shuhei Horikawa
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Shimazaki