Daisuke Ryū

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Daisuke Ryū

Acting February 14, 1957

Tokyo, Japan

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…

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Ran

Ran

8.0 1985 Movie
Kagemusha

Kagemusha

7.8 1980 Movie
Metropolis

Metropolis

7.2 2001 Movie
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

6.2 2002 Movie
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

6.8 2001 Movie
Agitator

Agitator

6.4 2001 Movie
Toge no Gunzo

Toge no Gunzo

1982 TV Show
Bayside Shakedown

Bayside Shakedown

6.5 1998 Movie
Zero Woman Returns

Zero Woman Returns

6.3 1999 Movie
The Next Generation: Patlabor

The Next Generation: Patlabor

7.0 2014 TV Show
Ultraman: The Next

Ultraman: The Next

6.5 2004 Movie
Rinjo

Rinjo

6.0 2009 TV Show

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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​

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

    Movie Densuke Tsuchiya

  2. 2019
    Tokyo Wine Party People

    Movie Makita

  3. 2019
    Anticipation

    Movie

  4. 2019
    Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

    Movie Kokuhei Kusunoki

  5. 2018
    I Will Never Forgive

    Movie

  6. 2017
    Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

    Movie

  7. 2017
    Solitary Scream

    Movie

  8. 2015
    Gassoh

    Movie

  9. 2014
    Time Trip App

    Movie Toshizo Yamashita

  10. 2014
    Tangerines on Cat

    Movie Shoichiro

  11. 2014
    The Next Generation: Patlabor

    TV show

  12. 2012
    Joshi Camera

    Movie

  13. 2012
    The Last Message

    Movie Bando

  14. 2010
    You Dance with the Summer

    Movie Shintaro Teramoto

  15. 2010
    A Lone Scalpel

    Movie Tatematsu Detective

  16. 2009
    Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2009
    Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

    Movie

  2. 2009
    Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

    Movie

  3. 2009
    Rinjo

    TV show Haruhisa Nabdo

  4. 2007
    Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated

    Movie Katsuie Shibata

  5. 2006
    Baian Fujieda the Assassin

    Movie

  6. 2004
    Ultraman: The Next

    Movie Kazusa Sogabe

  7. 2004
    The King of Minami: Special Ver.50

    Movie Domoto

  8. 2003
    Semi: Nakanai Semi

    Movie

  9. 2003
    Another Battle/Conspiracy

    Movie

  10. 2002
    Shura Group Part 2

    Movie

  11. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

    Movie Self

  12. 2002
    Nezulla the Rat Monster

    Movie Aso

  13. 2002
    Yakuza Jihad 3

    Movie

  14. 2002
    Yakuza Jihad 2

    Movie

  15. 2002
    Yakuza Jihad

    Movie

  16. 2002
    Graveyard of Honor

    Movie Tadaaki Kuze

  17. 2002
    The Great Jailbreak

    Movie

  18. 2002
    Shura Group Part 3

    Movie

  19. 2001
    The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell

    Movie

  20. 2001
    Agitator

    Movie Ichimatsu

  21. 2001
    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

    Movie Benkei

  22. 2001
    Metropolis

    Movie Special Voice Appearance (voice)

  23. 1999
    Zero Woman Returns

    Movie Mutoh

  24. 1999
    Wild Criminal

    Movie Casino Customer #1