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...

Ryū (龍/竜, 隆, 流, りゅう, リュウ, Ryū) is a Japanese masculine given name and family name meaning "dragon", "noble", "prosperous", or "flow". Ryū, Ryu, or ryu...

Monogatari) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama, about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit...

Rikugun) is a 1944 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita and starring Chishū Ryū and Kinuyo Tanaka. It is best known for its final scene, which Japanese...

and directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada and Mitsuko Baisho. It was inspired by actual recurring...

ended the Pacific War. Toshiro Mifune as Minister of War Korechika Anami Chishū Ryū as Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki Takashi Shimura as Head of the Cabinet...

film directed by Yasujirō Ozu for Shochiku Films. It stars Ozu regular Chishū Ryū as the patriarch of the Hirayama family who eventually realises that he...

regular cinematographer, Yuharu Atsuta, and one of Ozu's favorite actors, Chishū Ryū—to scenes of contemporary Tokyo, featuring pachinko machines and plastic...

subject to the Occupation's official censorship requirements. Starring Chishū Ryū, who was featured in almost all of the director's films, and Setsuko Hara...

Award for Best Actor Masayuki Mori (1947) Chishū Ryū (1948) Takashi Shimura (1949) Shin Saburi (1950) Chishū Ryū (1951) Shin Saburi (1952) Ken Uehara (1953)...