Chishū Ryū
Born May 13, 1904 (Age: 121)
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Tachibana, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
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as High Priest
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Age: 93
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
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as High Priest
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Age: 88
Luminous Moss
1992
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as Judge
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Age: 87
Tora-san Confesses
1991
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as High Priest
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Age: 87
Until the End of the World
1991
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as Mr. Mori
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Age: 87
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
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as Self
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Age: 86
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
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as High Priest
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Age: 86
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
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as Self
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Age: 86
Dreams
1990
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as Old Man
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Age: 85
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 85
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
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as the High Priest
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Age: 85
Until Spring Comes
1989
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as
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Age: 84
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 84
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
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as Former Priest
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Age: 83
Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio
1988
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as Self
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Age: 83
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
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as the High Priest
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Age: 83
Tora-san Goes North
1987
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as the High Priest
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Age: 83
Crybaby Chacha
1987
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as
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Age: 82
Carefree Goddesses
1987
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as
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Age: 82
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
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as the High Priest
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Age: 81
And Then
1985
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as Toku Nagai
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Age: 81
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
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as Tayama Dosen
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Age: 81
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
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as the High Priest
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Age: 81
Tokyo-Ga
1985
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as Self
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Age: 80
When Winter Comes
1985
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as
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Age: 80
No Image
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
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as
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Age: 79
When We are Old
1982
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as
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Age: 78
Tora-san's Promise
1981
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 77
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 77
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 76
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
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as Priest
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Age: 76
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 74
Monument to Holy Service
1978
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as
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Age: 74
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 74
Kyukei no Koya
1975
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as
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Age: 71
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 70
The Castle of Sand
1974
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as Kojuro Kirihara
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Age: 70
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 70
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
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as
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Age: 70
Machi no Hi
1974
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as Takushoku
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Age: 69
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
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as
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Age: 69
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
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as Takuan
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Age: 69
Flower and Dragon
1973
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as
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Age: 68
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
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as the High Priest
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Age: 68
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
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as The High Priest
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Age: 68
Home from the Sea
1972
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as Ishizaki Senzo
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Age: 68
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
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as the High Priest
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Age: 68
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
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as
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Age: 66
Fight for the Glory
1969
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as
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Age: 65
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
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as Gozensama
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Age: 65
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
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as Gozen-sama
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Age: 65
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
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as General Maresuke Nogi
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Age: 65
Scrap Collectors
1968
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as
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Age: 64
Oyuki
1966
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as
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Age: 62
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
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as
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Age: 62
The Four Loves
1965
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as Heitarô Misawa
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Age: 61
Red Beard
1965
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as Mr. Yasumoto
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Age: 60
The Soundless Cry
1965
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as Tateno
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Age: 60
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
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as
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Age: 60
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
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as
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Age: 60
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
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as Gôzô Tôyama
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Age: 60
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
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as
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Age: 60
Blue Eyed Bride
1964
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as Maruhashi Gotaro
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Age: 59
Dislikes
1964
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as
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Age: 59
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
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as
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Age: 59
Tange Sazen
1963
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as
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Age: 59
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
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as
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Age: 59
Double Wedding
1963
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as Noriko's Father
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Age: 59
Futari dake no toride
1963
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as
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Age: 58
No Image
Rush to Our Sweetheart
1963
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as
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Age: 58
Sakiko-san chotto
1963
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as 中川正一
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Age: 58
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
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as Shuhei Hirayama
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Age: 58
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
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as
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Age: 58
Four Sisters
1962
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as
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Age: 58
Yoru no keisha
1962
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as
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Age: 58
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
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as Sokei Nambo
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Age: 58
Flower in a Storm
1962
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as
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Age: 57
Dolls floating down the river
1962
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as Neighbor
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Age: 57
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
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as
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Age: 57
The Wiser Age
1962
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as Kinjiro Ishikawa
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Age: 57
Bandits on the Wind
1961
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as
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Age: 57
The End of Summer
1961
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as Farmer
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Age: 57
The Last War
1961
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as Ebara
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Age: 57
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
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as
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Age: 57
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
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as Ozeki Hitoshi
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Age: 57
Shin Jinsei Gekijo
1961
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as
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Age: 57
Door of Flowers
1961
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as
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Age: 57
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
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as Hinanmin no Chôrô
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Age: 56
Late Autumn
1960
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as Shukichi Miwa
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Age: 56
Satan's Sword
1960
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as Tsukue
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Age: 56
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
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as
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Age: 56
Internees of Kampili
1960
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as Vice-Admiral Shibata
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Age: 56
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
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as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
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Age: 56
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
1960
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as
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Age: 56
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
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as Old man in the park
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Age: 56
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
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as Monk
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Age: 55
Only She Knows
1960
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as
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Age: 55
The Wandering Princess
1960
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as Kinoshita
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Age: 55
Spring Dreams
1960
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as Shinichirô Atsumi
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Age: 55
Floating Weeds
1959
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as Theatre Owner
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Age: 55
Love in the Mountains
1959
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as
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Age: 55
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
1959
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as Detective Shiozaki
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Age: 55
The White Road Across the River
1959
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as
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Age: 55
Good Morning
1959
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as Keitaro Hayashi
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Age: 54
Farewell to Spring
1959
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as Kôzô's father
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Age: 54
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
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as Komiya
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Age: 54
Bridge
1959
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as
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Age: 54
The Path Under the Platanes
1959
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as Ichiro Ishimaru
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Age: 54
The Snow Flurry
1959
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as
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Age: 54
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
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as Naoji Kageyama
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Age: 54
The College Hero
1958
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as Professor Fujii
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Age: 54
Equinox Flower
1958
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as Shukichi Mikami
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Age: 54
The Rickshaw Man
1958
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as Toyozo Yuki
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Age: 53
White Blaze
1958
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as
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Age: 53
The Storm
1956
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as
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Age: 52
No Image
The Wicked Boy
1956
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as
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Age: 52
Early Spring
1956
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as Kiichi Onodera
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Age: 51
Eyes of Children
1956
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as
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Age: 51
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
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as Masao - Age 73
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Age: 51
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
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as
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Age: 51
The First Kiss
1955
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as Hasegawa
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Age: 51
No Image
Stray Sheep
1955
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as Professor Hirota
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Age: 51
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
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as
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Age: 51
The Refugee
1955
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as
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Age: 50
Striving to Live
1955
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as
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Age: 50
All is Well 2
1955
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as
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Age: 50
All is Well
1955
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as Shingo Mori
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Age: 50
The Moon Has Risen
1955
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as Asai Mokichi
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Age: 50
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
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as Otoko Sensei
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Age: 50
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
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as
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Age: 50
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
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as
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Age: 49
Haru no Wakakusa
1954
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as
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Age: 49
慶安水滸傳
1954
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as 神尾備前守
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Age: 49
Love Letter
1953
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as
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Age: 49
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
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as
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Age: 49
Tokyo Story
1953
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as Shukichi Hirayama
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Age: 49
Always in My Heart
1953
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as
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Age: 49
Mole Alley
1953
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as
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Age: 48
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
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as
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Age: 48
Sisters
1953
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as
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Age: 48
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
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as
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Age: 48
The Munekata Sisters
1950
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as Tadachika Munekata
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Age: 46
最後の攘夷党
1945
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as
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Age: 41
No Image
Sennichimae fukin
1945
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as
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Age: 41
Izu no musumetachi
1945
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as
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Age: 41
Otome no iru kichi
1945
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as
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Age: 40
Gekimetsu no uta
1945
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as 河上耕造
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Age: 40
South Wind 2
1942
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as
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Age: 38
South Wind
1942
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as
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Age: 38
There Was a Father
1942
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as Shuhei Horikawa
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Age: 37
Ornamental Hairpin
1941
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as Nanmura
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Age: 37
Flower
1941
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as
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Age: 37
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
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as The Boss
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Age: 36
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
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as Shojiro's Friend
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Age: 36
Introspection Tower
1941
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as Mr. Kusama
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Age: 36
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932
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as Shimazaki
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Age: 28
I Was Born, But...
1932
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as Home movie projectionist
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Age: 28
The Lady and the Beard
1931
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 26
That Night's Wife
1930
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as Policeman
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Age: 26
I Flunked, But...
1930
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as Student
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Age: 25