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Daisuke Ryū

Born · February 14, 1957

Died · April 11, 2021 (64 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Bio

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

Ran

Kagemusha

Kagemusha

Metropolis

Metropolis

Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

Densuke Tsuchiya

2021

Tokyo Wine Party People

Makita

2019

Anticipation

2019

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Kokuhei Kusunoki

2019

I Will Never Forgive

2018

Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

2017

Solitary Scream

2017

Gassoh

2015

Time Trip App

Toshizo Yamashita

2014

Tangerines on Cat

Shoichiro

2014

The Next Generation: Patlabor

(1 episode)

2014

Joshi Camera

2012

The Last Message

Bando

2012

You Dance with the Summer

Shintaro Teramoto

2010

A Lone Scalpel

Tatematsu Detective

2010

Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter

2009

Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

2009

Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

2009

Rinjo

Haruhisa Nabdo · (21 episodes)

2009

Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated

Katsuie Shibata

2007

Baian Fujieda the Assassin

2006

Ultraman: The Next

Kazusa Sogabe

2004

Another Battle/Conspiracy

2003

Shura Group Part 2

2002

Nezulla the Rat Monster

2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Self

2002

Gokudô seisen: Jihaado

2002

Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II

2002

Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III

2002

Graveyard of Honor

Tadaaki Kuze

2002

The Great Jailbreak

2002

Shura Group Part 3

2002

The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell

2001

Agitator

Ichimatsu

2001

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

Benkei

2001

Metropolis

Special Voice Appearance (voice)

2001

Zero Woman Returns

Mutoh

1999

Wild Criminal

Casino Customer #1

1999

Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3

1999

Bayside Shakedown

Obayashi

1998

Scorpion: Double Venom 2

1998

Abare Bunya

1998

Another XX: Matori Woman

1998

Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

Mutoh

1998

Zero Woman: The Hunted

Mutoh

1997

Guard Dog

1997

Woman in Witness Protection

Religious Cult Leader

1997

The Mamushi

1997

Legend of the Devil

1996

Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

Black Jack

1996

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You

Black Jack

1996

Black Jack

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

Tadashi Senda

1992

The Ginger Tree

Count Kentaro Kurihama · (4 episodes)

1989

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Koji Muranaka

1989

The Orphaned Geisha

Yuuki Shinichiro

1987

Onna Furin Kazan

(16 episodes)

1986

闇からの叫び

(1 episode)

1986

Atami Murder Case

Son of Onijima

1986

Musashibo Benkei

Taira no Tomomori · (32 episodes)

1986

The Empty Table

Akira Sawaki

1985

Ran

Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

1985

Fireflies in the North

Nagakura

1984

Legend of the Assassin

1984

Shadow Hunters

1983

The Legend of Sayo

1982

Lake of Illusions

Nagao

1982

The Law of Hell

1982

Toge no Gunzo

(50 episodes)

1982

Willful Murder

Maruyama

1981

Kagemusha

Nobunaga Oda

1980

Twelve Months

Officer

1980

Hunter in the Dark

1979

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

1978