Daisuke Ryū
Acting
Born: February 14, 1957 · Tokyo, Japan
Died: April 11, 2021 (aged 64)
Highest Rated
Biography
Daisuke Ryu was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan on 14 February 1957. He won the Japanese "best new actor" Blue ribbon award for his performance as the legendary warrior Oda Nobunaga in Akira Kurosawa's movie Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior). Other notable performances include Saburo Ichimonji in the famous Kurosawa epic Ran and the legendary warrior monk Benkei in Sogo Ishii's critically acclaimed Gojoe (Gojō reisenki or The Spirit war chronicle). He starred opposite Samantha Bond in the 1989 television serial The Ginger Tree, where he played Count Kentaro Kurihama. Based on the novel by Oswald Wynd, set in Japan at the turn of the century, it spans the period 1903 to the outbreak of the Second World War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daisuke Ryu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Ran
1985
Kagemusha
1980
Metropolis
2001
Graveyard of Honor
2002
Agitator
2001
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
Bayside Shakedown
1998
Zero Woman Returns
1999
Ultraman: The Next
2004
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Twelve Months
1980
Photos (2)
Movies (75)
Ran
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Kagemusha
Nobunaga Oda
Metropolis
Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Twelve Months
Officer (voice)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Koji Muranaka
Anticipation
2019
Bayside Shakedown
Obayashi
Fireflies in the North
Nagakura
Willful Murder
Maruyama
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Katsuie Shibata
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Benkei
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
2009
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993
Lake of Illusions
Nagao
Graveyard of Honor
Tadaaki Kuze
Succession
Tadashi Senda
Agitator
Ichimatsu
Another XX: Matori Woman
1998
Woman in Witness Protection
Religious Cult Leader
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
2009
A Lone Scalpel
Tatematsu Detective
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Mutoh
Atami Murder Case
Son of Onijima
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
The Last Message
Bando
Zero Woman Returns
Mutoh
Gassoh
2015
Wild Criminal
Casino Customer #1
Semi: Nakanai Semi
2003
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
1998
Black Jack
Black Jack
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Black Jack
Ultraman: The Next
Kazusa Sogabe
Tokyo Wine Party People
Makita
Taikoki
Azai Nagamasa
The Law of Hell
Sadashichi
The Empty Table
Akira Sawaki
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
2009
The Legend of Sayo
Takeo
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Mutoh
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Solitary Scream
2017
You Dance with the Summer
Shintaro Teramoto
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
2017
Shadow Hunters
1983
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
Black Jack
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Yakuza Jihad 2
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Guard Dog
1997
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
Domoto
Yakuza Jihad 3
2002
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
Nezulla the Rat Monster
Aso
国東物語
1985
The Great Jailbreak
2002
Legend of the Devil
1996
Legend of the Assassin
1984
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
The Mamushi
1997
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Obayashi
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987
Joshi Camera
2012
Chaka 2
1999
Abare Bunya
1998
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
2001
