Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 14, 1957
Died
Apr 11, 2021
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
83 titles
Daisuke Ryū
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
Filmography
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
Tokyo Wine Party People
Makita
Anticipation
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
I Will Never Forgive
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
Solitary Scream
Gassoh
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
The Next Generation: Patlabor
Joshi Camera
The Last Message
Bando
You Dance with the Summer
Shintaro Teramoto
A Lone Scalpel
Tatematsu Detective
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
Rinjo
Haruhisa Nabdo
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Katsuie Shibata
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Ultraman: The Next
Kazusa Sogabe
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
Domoto
Semi: Nakanai Semi
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Shura Group Part 2
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
Nezulla the Rat Monster
Aso
Yakuza Jihad
Yakuza Jihad 3
Yakuza Jihad 2
Graveyard of Honor
Tadaaki Kuze
The Great Jailbreak
Shura Group Part 3
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
Agitator
Ichimatsu
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Benkei
Metropolis
Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Zero Woman Returns
Mutoh
Wild Criminal
Casino Customer #1
Chaka 2
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Bayside Shakedown
Obayashi
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
Abare Bunya
Another XX: Matori Woman
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Mutoh
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Mutoh
Guard Dog
Woman in Witness Protection
Religious Cult Leader