Chishū Ryū - Movies, Bio & Filmography

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★ Acting🎥 275 films📺 9 TV shows📅 1928–1997🔥 1

Also known as: 笠智衆, Chishû Ryû, Ryu Chishu, Chishuu Ryuu...

Born in Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

1904-05-13 (age 88 at death)

Died 1993-03-16

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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Chishū Ryū (笠 智衆, Ryū Chishū; May 13, 1904 – March 16, 1993) was a Japanese actor, whose career spanned 65 years and over 230 film and television productions, He was best known for his collaborations with director Yasujirō Ozu, whom he worked with on 14 films.

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