Ryo Ishibashi
Born: 1956-07-20 in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ryo Ishibashi (born July 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor and international celebrity. He is known around the world for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films Suicide Club and Audition. He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in The Grudge and The Grudge 2. Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Recently, Ishibashi has resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, Real Life in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film A-Hômansu in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity. He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days. Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryo Ishibashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Trillion Game as Wolf Lee
- Yukiko a.k.a
2024
- MONSTER
- Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor as Archive Footage
2022
- Modern Love Tokyo as Kosuke Hayami
- Involvement in Family Affairs as Keiichi Miyama
2021
- Parasite in Love as Yuichi
- The Cinderella Addiction as Masaaki Fukuura
- Masquerade Night as Yasushi Fujiki
- 心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
2020
- To Heal the Heart as An Tekkei
2019
- The Naked Director as Ikezawa
- Masquerade Hotel as Yasushi Fujiki
- Dancing Mary as Yakuza thug
2018
- Smoking as Sabe
2014
- Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out as Shogo Dojima
- Stock Price Crash as Chiharu Zaizen
2013
- Lady Joker
- 七つの会議 as 北川誠
- 神様のボート as 모모이
2012
- Wonderful Single Life as Toru Higuchi
- Ace Attorney as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
2011
- Mitsuko Delivers as Jiro
2010
- Perfect Report
- Box: The Hakamada Case as Police officer Tatematsu
2009
- Rescue: Pride of Orange as Serizawa Shinobu
- MW -ムウ- as Kazuyuki Sawaki
- Sasori as Jyono
2008
- Inju: The Beast in the Shadow as Ryuji Mogi
- The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Kinichi Nihei
2007
- War as Shiro Yanagawa
- Shamo as Principal Saeki
- Aoi Hitomi to Nuage as Michihisa Suto
- The Investigation Game as Yousuke Sone
- Dream Cruise as Eiji Saito
2006
- The Grudge 2 as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
- Rondo as Yoshihiko Isaki
- Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee as Kinzo Daidoji
- Big Bang Love, Juvenile A as Warden Tsuchiya
- Trapped Ashes as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
- Waru: The End
- The Happiness
- Waru
2005
- Haru and Natsu as Unno Commander
- The Superdry Films
2004
- The Grudge as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
- 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Kinzō Daidōji
2003
- Say Hello to Black Jack
- Moon Child as Inspector Lorry
- Beginner as Hiroya Nozaki（野佐木 恍也）
- Last Love, First Love
- g@me.
- 第三の時効
2002
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo as Norio Mikumo
- Psycho Doctor as Kohei Kitamura
- Dog Star
- Aiki as Masatsugu Hiraishi
2001
- Suicide Club as Detective Kuroda
- Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
1997
- An Obsession as Detective Saga
- Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
- Ringo no usagi
1996
- Kids Return as Local Yakuza Chief
- Back to Back as Koji
- Two Punks as Otani
- Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
1995
- The Crossing Guard as Jefferey
- Another Lonely Hitman as Takashi Tachibana
1994
1993
- American Yakuza as Shuji Sawamoto
1989
- Via Okinawa as Sachio
1988
1986
- A Homance as Michio Yamazaki
- Leave My Girl Alone as Kashima
1982
- Future War 198X as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
- So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex as Rachi