Daisuke Ryū
Born: 1957-02-14 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2021-04-11
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2021
- Nobutora - Samurai Tiger as Densuke Tsuchiya
2019
- Anticipation
- Tokyo Wine Party People as Makita
- Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody as Kokuhei Kusunoki
2018
2015
2014
- The Next Generation: Patlabor
- Time Trip App as Toshizo Yamashita
- Tangerines on Cat as Shoichiro
2012
- The Last Message as Bando
- Joshi Camera
2010
- A Lone Scalpel as Tatematsu Detective
- You Dance with the Summer as Shintaro Teramoto
2009
2007
- Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated as Katsuie Shibata
2004
- Ultraman: The Next as Kazusa Sogabe
- The King of Minami: Special Ver.50 as Domoto
2002
2001
- Metropolis as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
- Agitator as Ichimatsu
- The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
- Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Benkei
1999
- Wild Criminal as Casino Customer #1
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
- Zero Woman Returns as Mutoh
- Chaka 2
1998
1997
- Woman in Witness Protection as Religious Cult Leader
- Guard Dog
- The Mamushi
- Zero Woman: The Hunted as Mutoh
1996
- Black Jack as Black Jack
- Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You as Black Jack
- Legend of the Devil
- Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image as Black Jack
1992
- Succession as Tadashi Senda
1989
- Four Days of Snow and Blood as Koji Muranaka
- The Ginger Tree as Count Kentaro Kurihama
1987
- The Orphaned Geisha as Yuuki Shinichiro
- Trinacria: Porsche 959
1986
- Onna Furin Kazan
- Musashibo Benkei as Taira no Tomomori
- Atami Murder Case as Son of Onijima
- 闇からの叫び
1985
- Ran as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- 国東物語
- The Empty Table as Akira Sawaki
1984
- Fireflies in the North as Nagakura
- Legend of the Assassin
1983
1982
1981
- Willful Murder as Maruyama
1980
- Kagemusha as Nobunaga Oda
- Twelve Months as Officer (voice)