Daisuke Ryū
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
2021
Tokyo Wine Party People
2019
Anticipation
2019
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
2017
Solitary Scream
2017
Gassoh
2015
Time Trip App
2014
Tangerines on Cat
2014
The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014
Joshi Camera
2012
The Last Message
2012
You Dance with the Summer
2010
A Lone Scalpel
2010
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
2009
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
2009
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
2009
Rinjo
2009
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
2007
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006
Ultraman: The Next
2004
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
2004
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
Semi: Nakanai Semi
2003
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Nezulla the Rat Monster
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Yakuza Jihad 2
2002
Yakuza Jihad 3
2002
Graveyard of Honor
2002
The Great Jailbreak
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
2001
Agitator
2001
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
Metropolis
2001
Zero Woman Returns
1999
Wild Criminal
1999
Chaka 2
1999
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
Bayside Shakedown
1998
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
1998
Abare Bunya
1998
Another XX: Matori Woman
1998
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
1998
Zero Woman: The Hunted
1997
Guard Dog
1997
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
The Mamushi
1997
Legend of the Devil
1996
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
1996
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996
Black Jack
1996
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993
Succession
1992
The Ginger Tree
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987
The Orphaned Geisha
The Orphaned Geisha
1987
Onna Furin Kazan
Onna Furin Kazan
1986
闇からの叫び
闇からの叫び
1986
Atami Murder Case
1986
Musashibo Benkei
1986
The Empty Table
1985
Ran
1985
国東物語
1985
Fireflies in the North
1984
Legend of the Assassin
1984
Shadow Hunters
1983
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Lake of Illusions
1982
The Law of Hell
1982
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Willful Murder
1981
Kagemusha
1980