Daisuke Ryū
Born
February 14, 1957
Died
April 11, 2021 (64 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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 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.
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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