Daisuke Ryū
Acting

Daisuke Ryū

Born 14 February 1957 · Tokyo, Japan · Died 11 April 2021

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
Kagemusha
Metropolis
Graveyard of Honor
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Agitator
Bayside Shakedown
Ultraman: The Next
Zero Woman Returns
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Twelve Months
Hunter in the Dark
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Tokyo Wine Party People
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Anticipation
I Will Never Forgive
Solitary Scream
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
Gassoh
Time Trip App
Tangerines on Cat
Joshi Camera
The Last Message
You Dance with the Summer
A Lone Scalpel
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Ultraman: The Next
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Semi: Nakanai Semi
Graveyard of Honor
The Great Jailbreak
Shura Group Part 2
Shura Group Part 3
Nezulla the Rat Monster
Yakuza Jihad
Yakuza Jihad 2
Yakuza Jihad 3
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
Agitator
Metropolis
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Zero Woman Returns
Wild Criminal
Chaka 2
Bayside Shakedown
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Abare Bunya
Another XX: Matori Woman
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
Zero Woman: The Hunted
The Mamushi
Woman in Witness Protection
Guard Dog
Black Jack
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
Legend of the Devil
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
The Tale of Himeji Castle
Mitabi no kaikyô
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
Succession
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Trinacria: Porsche 959
Taikoki
Atami Murder Case
Ran
The Empty Table
国東物語
Legend of the Assassin
Fireflies in the North
Shadow Hunters
The Law of Hell
The Legend of Sayo
Lake of Illusions
Willful Murder
Kagemusha
Twelve Months
Hunter in the Dark
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
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