Ryo Ishibashi
Acting
Born: July 20, 1956 (age 70) · Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ryo Ishibashi (born July 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor and international celebrity. He is known around the world for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films Suicide Club and Audition. He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in The Grudge and The Grudge 2. Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Recently, Ishibashi has resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, Real Life in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film A-Hômansu in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity. He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days. Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryo Ishibashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Grudge
2004
War
2007
Audition
2000
The Grudge 2
2006
Suicide Club
2001
Brother
2000
Kids Return
1996
The Crossing Guard
1995
The Naked Director
2019
Ace Attorney
2012
American Yakuza
1993
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
Photos (3)
Movies (65)
War
Shiro
The Grudge
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Audition
Shigeharu Aoyama
The Grudge 2
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Brother
Ishihara
The Crossing Guard
Jefferey
Suicide Club
Detective Kuroda
Box: The Hakamada Case
Police officer Tatematsu
Kids Return
Local Yakuza Chief
Future War 198X
Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
American Yakuza
Shuji Sawamoto
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Ryuji Mogi
Trapped Ashes
Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
Ace Attorney
Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Masquerade Hotel
Yasushi Fujiki
Blue Tiger
Gan
Back to Back
Koji
Trillion Game
Wolf Lee
Sasori
Jyono
Masquerade Night
Yasushi Fujiki
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Kinichi Nihei
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Warden Tsuchiya
g@me.
2003
Parasite in Love
Yuichi
Shamo
Principal Saeki
Dream Cruise
Eiji Saito
Aiki
Masatsugu Hiraishi
The Investigation Game
Yousuke Sone
Two Punks
Otani
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
Rachi
Leave My Girl Alone
Kashima
The Cinderella Addiction
Masaaki Fukuura
Yukiko a.k.a
2025
Sasamakura
Tatsugorō Horikawa
MW -ムウ-
Kazuyuki Sawaki
Dog Star
2002
Last Love, First Love
2003
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Kinzo Daidoji
Moon Child
Inspector Lorry
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Michihisa Suto
Film Noir
Yuji Hamazaki
Dancing Mary
Yakuza thug
Mitsuko Delivers
Jiro
Oración
1988
Natural Woman
1994
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
1996
Waru: The End
2006
Waru
Sakuragi
A Homance
Michio Yamazaki
The Superdry Films
2005
Via Okinawa
Sachio
Harikomi
1991
Ringo no usagi
1997
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
1991
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
1997
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
2012
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001
The Happiness
2006
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
2021
An Obsession
Detective Saga
The Central Quicksand
1998
第三の時効
2003
Level
1994
Jinrai: The Boss's Ransom
1996
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
Archive Footage
TV Shows (27)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Norio Mikumo · 2 eps
The Naked Director
Ikezawa · 2 eps
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Shogo Dojima · 11 eps
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
1 eps
Psycho Doctor
Kohei Kitamura · 1 eps
Modern Love Tokyo
Kosuke Hayami · 1 eps
Involvement in Family Affairs
Keiichi Miyama · 12 eps
A Moonlight Nights Passing
10 eps
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Kinzō Daidōji · 1 eps
Rescue: Pride of Orange
Serizawa Shinobu · 9 eps
MONSTER
2 eps
Say Hello to Black Jack
3 eps
Okane ga Nai!
12 eps
To Heal the Heart
An Tekkei · 4 eps
Smoking
Sabe · 12 eps
The Price
6 eps
Haru and Natsu
Unno Commander · 5 eps
Perfect Report
1 eps
Wonderful Single Life
Toru Higuchi · 11 eps
Rondo
Yoshihiko Isaki · 11 eps
Lady Joker
7 eps
Stock Price Crash
Chiharu Zaizen · 5 eps
七つの会議
北川誠 · 4 eps
Beginner
Hiroya Nozaki（野佐木 恍也） · 11 eps
メガバンク最終決戦
6 eps
あしたがあるから
10 eps
神様のボート
모모이 · 3 eps