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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Tokyo Story (1953) — Shukichi Hirayama
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Dreams (1990) — Old Man
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Late Spring (1949) — Shukichi Somiya
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Red Beard (1965) — Mr. Yasumoto
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) — Tayama Dosen
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An Autumn Afternoon (1962) — Shuhei Hirayama
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Good Morning (1959) — Keitaro Hayashi
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Public Prosecutor Nonaka
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Until the End of the World (1991) — Mr. Mori
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) — Hinanmin no Chôrô
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Early Summer (1951) — Koichi Mamiya
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Floating Weeds (1959) — Theatre Owner
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Late Autumn (1960) — Shukichi Miwa
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Equinox Flower (1958) — Shukichi Mikami
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Tokyo Twilight (1957) — Shukichi Sugiyama
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I Was Born, But... (1932) — Home movie projectionist
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The Only Son (1936) — Okubo, Ryosuke's teacher
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The End of Summer (1961) — Farmer
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) — Sadao Hirayama
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Tokyo-Ga (1985) — Self
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Early Spring (1956) — Kiichi Onodera
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Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) — Otoko Sensei
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There Was a Father (1942) — Shuhei Horikawa
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) — Shouting Audience Member (uncredited)
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) — Tashiro
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A Hen in the Wind (1948) — Kazuichiro Satake
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A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) — Former Priest
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The Castle of Sand (1974) — Kojuro Kirihara
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The Funeral (1984) — The Priest
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The Rickshaw Man (1958) — Toyozo Yuki
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The Munekata Sisters (1950) — Tadachika Munekata
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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) — Shojiro's Friend
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Woman of Tokyo (1933) — Reporter
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
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An Inn in Tokyo (1935) — Policeman
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Love Letter (1953)
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Passing Fancy (1933) — Man on Boat
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That Night's Wife (1930) — Policeman
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Dragnet Girl (1933) — Policeman
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Carmen Comes Home (1951) — Principal