Life and work
Chishū Ryū was a Japanese actor. Born: 13 May 1904. Died: 16 March 1993. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Japan and Empire of Japan.
Actor · 1904–1993
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū was a Japanese actor. Born on 13 May 1904, this profile follows Chishū Ryū through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Tokyo Story (1953). The location trail reaches Ginza, Sensō-ji and Shinjuku Station, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
← All peopleFollow the geography ↓Tokyo Story · Ginza
Chishū Ryū is credited as cast member on Tokyo Story. The work’s existing location story leads to Ginza. Ginza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Ginza ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Ginza
Ginza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ginza 4-chome, Chuo City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Sensō-ji ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Sensō-ji
Sensō-ji is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Yoyogi Park ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
2-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Tsukiji Outer Market ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Tsukiji Outer Market
Tsukiji Outer Market is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
4 Chome-16-2 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎Shinjuku Station ↗︎
Tokyo Story — Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
3 Chome-38-1 Shinjuku, Tokyo
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1904-05-13 1993-03-16
Born 13 May 1904
Died 16 March 1993
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Tokyo Story ↗︎
Tokyo Story
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Tokyo ↗︎
Hotel windows, crossings, record districts and late-night counters. Discover Tokyo through rhythm rather than postcard shorthand.
Tokyo Story ↗︎
Pillow: cut through the empty shots Ozu uses instead of the journey (lantern, railway, chimneys, seawall, castle), each a real place today with its timecode; then send Noriko’s train past Kyōko’s classroom window.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Yasujirō Ozu ↗︎
Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director, screenwriter. Born on 12 December 1903, this profile follows Yasujirō Ozu through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Tokyo Story (1953). The location trail reaches Ginza, Sensō-ji and Shinjuku Station, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.