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Chishū Ryū

Name in Native Language: "笠智衆" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 05/13/1904 († 88, 03/16/1993) | Kumamoto (Japan)
Chishū Ryū (笠 智衆, Ryū Chishū, May 13, 1904 – March 16, 1993) was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting 65 years, appeared in over 160 films and about 70 television productions. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa. ...

Dreams

FSK: 12+ years

1990 | 3.8/5 | 2h
Fantasy, Drama
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Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daug ...

Late Spring

Certification unknown

1949 | 4.0/5 | 1h 50min
Drama
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The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a ...

Tokyo Story

FSK: 12+ years

1953 | 4.1/5 | 2h 17min
Drama
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A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest aft ...

Good Morning

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1959 | 3.9/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Chishū Ryū

Kikuchi Kan Prize Medal With Purple Ribbon Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Arrow Award Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Chishū Ryū as Actor(212)

as Self (archival footage)1993 Talking with Ozu
as Judge1992 Luminous Moss
1992 Tora-san Makes Excuses
1991 Tora-san confesses
as Mr. Mori1991 Until the End of the World
as Old Man1990 Dreams
1990 Tora-san Takes a Vacation
as the High Priest1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Gozen-sama1989 Tora-san, My Uncle
as Gozen-sama1988 Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
as Former Priest1988 A Taxing Woman's Return
as the High Priest1987 Tora-san Goes North
as the High Priest1987 Tora-san Plays Daddy
as Hermit1986 The Greatest Man in the World
1986 Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
as the High Priest1986 Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1985 And Then
as the High Priest1985 Tora-san, the Go-Between
as the High Priest1985 Tora-san's Island Encounter
as himself1985 Tokyo-Ga
as A monk (uncredited)1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as the High Priest1984 Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as the High Priest1984 Tora-san's Forbidden Love
as The priest1984 The Funeral
as the High Priest1983 Tora-san's Song of Love
as the High Priest1983 Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983 Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983 Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
as himself1983 I Lived, But...
as Saiji Akutsu1982 The Longest Tunnel
as the High Priest1982 Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
as Gozen-sama1982 Tora-san, the Expert
as Gozen-sama1981 Tora-san's Love in Osaka
as Gozen-sama1981 Tora-san's Promise
as Priest1980 Tora-san's Tropical Fever
as Gozen-sama1980 Foster Daddy, Tora!
as Gozen-sama1979 Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1978 Seishoku no ishibumi
as Gozen-sama1978 Stage-Struck Tora-san
as Gozen-sama1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Gozensama1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship
as Priest1977 Tora-san Plays Cupid
as Priest1976 Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as Gozen-sama1976 Tora-san's Pure Love
as the High Priest1975 Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
as Gozen-sama1975 Tora-san, the Intellectual
as Gozen-sama1974 Tora-san's Lovesick
as Gozen-sama1974 Tora-san's Lullaby
as Takushoku1974 Machi no Hi
as Kojuro Kirihara1974 The Castle of Sand
as the High Priest1973 Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973 Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 Flower and Dragon
as Takuan1973 Miyamoto Musashi
as the High Priest1972 Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as the High Priest1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Ishizaki Senzo1972 Home from the Sea
as the High Priest1971 Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as the High Priest1971 Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as the High Priest1971 Tora-san's Love Call
1970 The Last Kamikaze
as High Priest1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Priest1970 Tora-san's Grand Scheme
as High Priest1970 Tora-san's Runaway
as Genzo, So's father1970 Where Spring Comes Late
as Instructor Takeyama1970 High-School Outcasts
as Gozen-sama1969 It's Tough Being a Man
1969 Fight for the Glory
as General Maresuke Nogi1969 Battle of the Japan Sea
as Gozensama1969 Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1968 Scrap Collectors
as Bookstore Man1968 The Human Bullet
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki1967 Japan's Longest Day
as Yasuhide Shima1966 Warm Current
as Tamotsu's Grandfather1966 Come Marry Me
as Heitarô Misawa1965 The Four Loves
as Tateno1965 The Soundless Cry
1965 The Radish and the Carrot
as Mr. Yasumoto1965 Red Beard
1964 Gazing at Love and Death
as Gôzô Tôyama1964 Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1963 A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
as Noriko's Father1963 Double Wedding
1963 Futari dake no toride
1963 Tange Sazen
as Shuhei Hirayama1962 An Autumn Afternoon
as Sôkei Nambô1962 Love Under the Crucifix
as Kinjiro Ishikawa1962 The Wiser Age
1962 Drunkard's Paradise
1962 Four Sisters
as Hinanmin no Chôrô1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Farmer1961 The End of Summer
1961 A Good Man, A Good Day
1961 The Youth and His Amulet
as Ehara1961 The Last War
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Tsukue1960 Satan's Sword
as Vice-Admiral Shibata1960 Internees of Kampili
1960 Master Fencer Sees the World
as Shukichi Miwa1960 Late Autumn
as Shinichirô Atsumi1960 Spring Dreams
as Old man in the park1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Kinoshita1960 The Wandering Princess
as Monk1960 Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960 Only She Knows
as Komiya1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Kôzô's father1959 Farewell to Spring
as Theatre Owner1959 Floating Weeds
as Keitarô Hayashi1959 Good Morning
1959 The Snow Flurry
as Naoji Kageyama1958 The Eternal Rainbow
as Shigezo Yuki1958 The Rickshaw Man
as Shukichi Mikami1958 Equinox Flower
as Shingo Wakasugi1957 Hearts A-Flutter
as Det. Hasegawa1957 The Face
as Shukichi Sugiyama1957 Tokyo Twilight
as Genroku, the father1957 The Crowded Train
as Kiichi Onodera1956 Early Spring
1956 Eyes of Children
1956 The Storm
as Professor Hirota1955 Stray Sheep
as Masao - Age 731955 She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as Asai Mokichi1955 The Moon Has Risen
as Hasegawa1955 The First Kiss
1955 The Refugee
as Otoko Sensei1954 Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 Always in My Heart Part 3
1953 Always in My Heart Part 2
1953 Sisters
1953 Mole Alley
1953 Love Letter
1953 Aiyoku no sabaki
1953 Always in My Heart
as Shukichi Hirayama1953 Tokyo Story
1952 郷愁
as Mr. Uemura1952 Youth of the Son
as Sadao Hirayama1952 The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 Dôkoku
1952 The Waves
1952 彼を殺すな
as Tarobei Kamiya1951 Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 Beauty of Life
as Kosaku Uemura1951 Home Sweet Home
as Father1951 Boyhood
as Ryôen Toba1951 The Good Fairy
as Principal1951 Carmen Comes Home
as Koichi Mamiya1951 Early Summer
as Tadachika Munekata1950 The Munekata Sisters
1949 Forgotten Children
1949 Kekkon Sanjûshi
as Shukichi Somiya1949 Late Spring
1949 Ishimatsu of the Forest
as Mr. Matsumura1948 Children Hand in Hand
1948 The Fourth Lady
as Kazuichiro Satake1948 A Hen in the Wind
1948 Living Image
1948 A Visage to Remember
as Chief of police1948 Great X
1947 The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant
as Tashiro1947 Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1945 Otome no iru kichi
1945 Izu no musumetachi
as Tomosuke Takagi1944 Army
1944 The Man Who Has Returned
as Nobadama1943 Port of Flowers
1943 Kaisen no zenya
1942 South Wind
as Shuhei Horikawa, the father1942 There Was a Father
1941 Introspection Tower
as Nanmura1941 Ornamental Hairpin
1941 Flower
as Friend1941 Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
as The Boss1941 Let's Go in Good Spirits
1940 Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1939 Southern Wind
as Seizaburō Utsumi1939 A Brother and His Younger Sister
1939 Mother is Strong
1939 New Woman Question and Answer
1939 Spring Thunder
1938 Queen of the Wind
as George1937 Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as Conductor1937 Moon Over the Ruins
as Shin'ichi Katori1937 The Lights of Asakusa
as Nenkai Hotta1937 Song of the Flower Basket
as Policeman1937 Children in the Wind
1937 Goodbye to the Front
as Kuranosuke Kazahaya1937 The Golden Demon
as Tani1937 A Star Athlete
as Professor Ookubo1936 The Only Son
1936 A Little Aerial Navigator
1936 Housewife Camellia
1936 The New Road: Akemi
as Amano1936 College is a Nice Place
as Police man1935 An Inn in Tokyo
as Yukihiko Chiba1934 Street Without End
as Hattori1934 A Mother Should Be Loved
as Shouting audience member1934 A Story of Floating Weeds
as Man on boat1933 Passing Fancy
as Policeman1933 Dragnet Girl
1933 Love
as Reporter1933 Woman of Tokyo
as Shimazaki1932 Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as (uncredited)1931 The Lady and the Beard
as Class mate1930 I Flunked, But...
as Policeman1930 That Night's Wife
as student1929 Days of Youth
1928 Pumpkin
1928 Couple on the Move
1928 Dreams of Youth
1928 Physical Beauty
1928 Wife Lost

TV Shows/Series with Chishū Ryū as Actor(1)

as 直木良彦1965 Tamayura

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 05/13 1904 (May) in Kumamoto (Japan)
Died: Tuesday, 03/16 1993 (March) in Yokohama (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Toyo University
Other names for Chishū Ryū (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"笠 智衆"
"Chishû Ryû"
"笠智衆"
"Ryu Chishu"
"Chishuu Ryuu"
"Тисю Рю"
"りゅう ちしゅう" (Kana/Japanese)
"Ryū Chishū"
Chishū Ryū frequently works together with these people:
Yoji Yamada (117x, Crew)
Yasujirō Ozu (68x, Crew)
Chieko Baisho (51x, Actress)
Kiyoshi Atsumi (50x, Actor)
Gin Maeda (47x, Actor)
Gajiro Satoh (44x, Actor)
Chieko Misaki (44x, Actress)
Hisao Dazai (44x, Actor)
Tetsuo Takaha (43x, Crew)
Iwao Ishii (41x, Crew)
Naozumi Yamamoto (40x, Crew)
Akio Satake (1x, Actor)
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