Chishū Ryū
1904-05-13 ( 120 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.​

Movies

Talking with Ozu 1993-11-27
Tora-san Makes Excuses 1992-12-26
Luminous Moss 1992-04-25
Tora-san Confesses 1991-12-23
Until the End of the World 1991-09-12
Wim Wenders in Tokyo 1990-12-31
Tora-san Takes a Vacation 1990-12-22
Dreams 1990-05-11
Tora-san, My Uncle 1989-12-27
Tora-san Goes to Vienna 1989-08-05
Until Spring Comes 1989-04-06
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial 1988-12-24
A Taxing Woman's Return 1988-01-15
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio 1988-01-01
Tora-san Plays Daddy 1987-12-26
Tora-san Goes North 1987-08-15
Crybaby Chacha 1987-02-21
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy 1986-12-20
The Greatest Man in the World 1986-10-25
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies 1986-08-02
Tora-san's Island Encounter 1985-12-28
And Then 1985-11-09
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985-09-20
Tora-san, the Go-Between 1985-08-03
Tokyo-Ga 1985-04-24
When Winter Comes 1985-03-30
Tora-san's Forbidden Love 1984-12-28
The Funeral 1984-11-17
Marriage Counselor Tora-san 1984-08-04
Tora-san Goes Religious? 1983-12-28
Lanterns on Blue Waters 1983-11-15
I Lived, But... 1983-10-29
Tora-san's Song of Love 1983-08-06
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu 1983-03-24
Tora-san, the Expert 1982-12-28
When We are Old 1982-11-03
The Longest Tunnel 1982-10-16
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san 1982-08-07
Tora-san's Promise 1981-12-28
Tora-san's Love in Osaka 1981-08-08
Foster Daddy, Tora! 1980-12-27
Tora-san's Tropical Fever 1980-08-02
Tora-san's Dream of Spring 1979-12-28
Tora-san, the Matchmaker 1979-08-04
Talk of the Town Tora-san 1978-12-27
Monument to Holy Service 1978-09-23
Stage-Struck Tora-san 1978-08-05
Tora-san Plays Cupid 1977-12-24
Tora-san Meets His Lordship 1977-08-06
Tora-san's Pure Love 1976-12-25
Oretachi no toki 1976-11-06
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset 1976-07-23
Tora-san, the Intellectual 1975-12-27
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again 1975-08-19
Kyukei no Koya 1975-06-07
Tora-san's Lullaby 1974-12-28
The Castle of Sand 1974-10-19
Tora-san's Lovesick 1974-08-10
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn 1974-06-22
Machi no Hi 1974-04-27
Tora-san Loves an Artist 1973-12-25
Miyamoto Musashi 1973-07-13
Flower and Dragon 1973-03-17
Tora-san's Forget Me Not 1973-01-04
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True 1972-12-29
Home from the Sea 1972-10-28
Tora-san's Dear Old Home 1972-08-05
Tora-san's Love Call 1971-12-29
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan 1971-04-28
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho 1971-03-06
Tora-san's Shattered Romance 1971-01-15
High-School Outcasts 1970-12-16
The Last Kamikaze 1970-10-29
Where Spring Comes Late 1970-10-24
Tora-san's Runaway 1970-08-26
Tora-san's Grand Scheme 1970-02-26
Tora-san, His Tender Love 1970-01-15
Fight for the Glory 1969-12-17
Tora-san's Cherished Mother 1969-11-14
It's Tough Being a Man 1969-08-27
Battle of the Japan Sea 1969-08-01
Scrap Collectors 1968-11-28
The Human Bullet 1968-10-22
Traveling in Party 1967-11-12
Japan's Longest Day 1967-08-03
The Black Sheep 1967-01-03
Oyuki 1966-12-04
Come Marry Me 1966-11-20
Warm Current 1966-04-29
The Four Loves 1965-12-28
Red Beard 1965-04-03
The Soundless Cry 1965-01-30
The Radish and the Carrot 1965-01-03
Gazing at Love and Death 1964-09-19
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii 1964-08-01
I'm a Bodyguard 1964-05-16
Aoimoku no yome-han 1964-03-29
Dislikes 1964-03-01
Tange Sazen 1963-11-17
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter 1963-08-27
Double Wedding 1963-07-13
Futari dake no toride 1963-03-24
Rush to Our Sweetheart 1963-02-09
An Autumn Afternoon 1962-11-18
Zoku aizen katsura 1962-10-24
Four Sisters 1962-07-01
Yoru no keisha 1962-06-28
Love Under the Crucifix 1962-06-03
Flower in a Storm 1962-04-01
Dolls floating down the river 1962-03-03
Drunkard's Paradise 1962-02-04
The Wiser Age 1962-01-14
The End of Summer 1961-10-29
The Last War 1961-10-08
The Youth and His Amulet 1961-09-17
A Good Man, A Good Day 1961-08-13
Shin Jinsei Gekijo 1961-05-31
Door of Flowers 1961-05-26
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961-01-28
Late Autumn 1960-11-13
Satan's Sword 1960-10-18
Master Fencer Sees the World 1960-10-16
Internees of Kampili 1960-09-29
The Bad Sleep Well 1960-09-19
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 1960-07-05
Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1960-05-21
Storm on the Silvery Peaks 1960-04-29
Only She Knows 1960-04-01
The Wandering Princess 1960-01-27
Spring Dreams 1960-01-03
Floating Weeds 1959-11-17
Love in the Mountains 1959-10-23
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black 1959-10-06
The White Road Across the River 1959-08-19
Good Morning 1959-05-12
Farewell to Spring 1959-04-28
I Want to Be a Shellfish 1959-04-12
Bridge 1959-03-04
The Snow Flurry 1959-01-03
The Eternal Rainbow 1958-10-28
Equinox Flower 1958-09-07
The Rickshaw Man 1958-04-21
White Blaze 1958-03-04
Hearts A-Flutter 1957-12-15
Tokyo Twilight 1957-04-30
The Crowded Train 1957-03-29
The Face 1957-01-22
Flying in the Air 1957-01-09
The Storm 1956-10-24
Early Spring 1956-01-29
Eyes of Children 1956-01-15
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum 1955-11-29
Subarashiki shōtai 1955-10-11
The First Kiss 1955-09-21
Stray Sheep 1955-08-31
Life's Simple Pleasures 1955-05-17
The Refugee 1955-05-03
Striving to Live 1955-02-25
All is Well 2 1955-02-20
All is Well 1955-01-29
The Moon Has Risen 1955-01-08
Twenty-Four Eyes 1954-09-15
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass 1954-06-08
Always in My Heart Part 3 1954-04-27
Haru no Wakakusa 1954-01-27
慶安水滸傳 1954-01-21
Love Letter 1953-12-13
Always in My Heart Part 2 1953-12-01
Tokyo Story 1953-11-03
Always in My Heart 1953-09-15
Mole Alley 1953-05-07
Aiyoku no sabaki 1953-05-06
Sisters 1953-04-29
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu 1953-02-19
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu 1952-11-06
Dôkoku 1952-10-16
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice 1952-10-01
Kare o korosu na 1952-09-11
Kyōshū 1952-07-02
Youth of the Son 1952-06-25
The Waves 1952-04-03
Beauty of Life 1951-12-07
Fireworks Over the Sea 1951-10-25
Early Summer 1951-10-03
Boyhood 1951-05-12
Freedom School 1951-05-05
Carmen Comes Home 1951-03-21
Home Sweet Home 1951-03-21
The Good Fairy 1951-02-17
The Munekata Sisters 1950-08-08
Forgotten Children 1949-10-04
Late Spring 1949-09-13
Ishimatsu of the Forest 1949-06-04
Kekkon Sanjûshi 1949-03-21
The Fourth Lady 1948-12-23
Living Image 1948-10-12
A Hen in the Wind 1948-09-17
Great X 1948-05-07
A Visage to Remember 1948-04-04
Children Hand in Hand 1948-03-30
Record of a Tenement Gentleman 1947-05-20
The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant 1947-04-01
The Woman Who Holds the Key 1946-08-15
Iki na fûraibô 1946-02-28
最後の攘夷党 1945-12-20
Sennichimae fukin 1945-10-25
Izu no musumetachi 1945-08-30
Otome no iru kichi 1945-04-01
Gekimetsu no uta 1945-03-29
Army 1944-12-07
The Man Who Has Returned 1944-07-20
Sailor 1944-05-25
Navy 1943-12-08
Our Planes Fly South 1943-09-10
Port of Flowers 1943-07-29
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home 1943-03-11
Kaisen no Zenya 1943-01-14
South Wind 2 1942-10-22
South Wind 1942-09-17
There Was a Father 1942-04-01
Ornamental Hairpin 1941-08-26
Flower 1941-07-15
Let's Go in Good Spirits 1941-05-01
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941-03-01
Introspection Tower 1941-01-30
Utsukushiki Rinjin 1940-05-23
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru 1940-04-17
Mother is Strong 1939-12-17
New Woman Question and Answer 1939-06-01
Spring Thunder 1939-04-13
A Brother and His Younger Sister 1939-04-01
Southern Wind 1939-02-15
Queen of the Wind 1938-02-17
The Lights of Asakusa 1937-12-02
Children in the Wind 1937-11-11
Goodbye to the Front 1937-08-24
The Golden Demon 1937-06-10
Don't Tell Your Wife About It 1937-05-20
A Star Athlete 1937-05-01
Song of the Flower Basket 1937-01-14
Moon Over the Ruins 1937-01-05
The New Road: Akemi 1936-11-30
Housewife Camellia 1936-10-04
The Only Son 1936-09-15
Boy Aviation Pilots 1936-07-24
College Is a Nice Place 1936-03-19
An Inn in Tokyo 1935-11-21
A Story of Floating Weeds 1934-11-23
A Mother Should Be Loved 1934-05-11
Street Without End 1934-04-26
Love 1933-11-09
Passing Fancy 1933-09-07
Dragnet Girl 1933-04-27
Woman of Tokyo 1933-02-09
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? 1932-10-13
The Lady and the Beard 1931-02-07
That Night's Wife 1930-07-06
I Flunked, But... 1930-04-11
Days of Youth 1929-04-13
Physical Beauty 1928-12-01
Couple on the Move 1928-09-28
Pumpkin 1928-08-31
Wife Lost 1928-06-15
Dreams of Youth 1928-04-29

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