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

The Next Generation: Patlabor

Toge no Gunzo

Ran

Rinjo

Kagemusha

Metropolis

Anticipation

Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

All Movies (76)

• Nobutora - Samurai Tiger2021 · as Densuke Tsuchiya
• Tokyo Wine Party People2019 · as Makita
• Anticipation2019
• Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody2019 · as Kokuhei Kusunoki
• I Will Never Forgive2018
• Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS2017
• Solitary Scream2017
• Gassoh2015
• Time Trip App2014 · as Toshizo Yamashita
• Tangerines on Cat2014 · as Shoichiro
• Joshi Camera2012
• The Last Message2012 · as Bando
• You Dance with the Summer2010 · as Shintaro Teramoto
• A Lone Scalpel2010 · as Tatematsu Detective
• Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter2009
• Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 22009
• Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 12009
• Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated2007 · as Katsuie Shibata
• Baian Fujieda the Assassin2006
• Ultraman: The Next2004 · as Kazusa Sogabe
• The King of Minami: Special Ver.502004 · as Domoto
• Another Battle/Conspiracy2003
• Semi: Nakanai Semi2003
• Shura Group Part 22002
• Nezulla the Rat Monster2002 · as Aso
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'2002 · as Self
• Yakuza Jihad2002
• Yakuza Jihad 22002
• Yakuza Jihad 32002
• Graveyard of Honor2002 · as Tadaaki Kuze
• The Great Jailbreak2002
• Shura Group Part 32002
• The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell2001
• Agitator2001 · as Ichimatsu
• Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle2001 · as Benkei
• Metropolis2001 · as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
• Zero Woman Returns1999 · as Mutoh
• Wild Criminal1999 · as Casino Customer #1
• Chaka 21999
• Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 31999
• Bayside Shakedown1998 · as Obayashi
• Scorpion: Double Venom 21998
• Abare Bunya1998
• Another XX: Matori Woman1998
• Zero Woman: Dangerous Game1998 · as Mutoh
• Zero Woman: The Hunted1997 · as Mutoh
• Guard Dog1997
• Woman in Witness Protection1997 · as Religious Cult Leader
• The Mamushi1997
• Legend of the Devil1996
• Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image1996 · as Black Jack
• Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You1996 · as Black Jack
• Black Jack1996 · as Black Jack
• Mitabi no kaikyô1995
• The Tale of Himeji Castle1995
• Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident1995
• Koya Choken-bou oboegaki1993
• Succession1992 · as Tadashi Senda
• Four Days of Snow and Blood1989 · as Koji Muranaka
• Trinacria: Porsche 9591987
• The Orphaned Geisha1987 · as Yuuki Shinichiro
• Atami Murder Case1986 · as Son of Onijima
• The Empty Table1985 · as Akira Sawaki
• Ran1985 · as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
• 国東物語1985
• Fireflies in the North1984 · as Nagakura
• Legend of the Assassin1984
• Shadow Hunters1983
• The Legend of Sayo1982
• Lake of Illusions1982 · as Nagao
• The Law of Hell1982
• Willful Murder1981 · as Maruyama
• Kagemusha1980 · as Nobunaga Oda
• Twelve Months1980 · as Officer (voice)
• Hunter in the Dark1979
• Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron1978

All TV Shows (7)

• The Next Generation: Patlabor2014
• Rinjo2009 · as Haruhisa Nabdo
• The Ginger Tree1989 · as Count Kentaro Kurihama
• Onna Furin Kazan1986
• 闇からの叫び1986
• Musashibo Benkei1986 · as Taira no Tomomori
• Toge no Gunzo1982