Ryo Ishibashi

Ryo Ishibashi

Known for
Acting
Born
July 20, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Sasamakura poster

Sasamakura

Movie · as Tatsugorō Horikawa

2026
A Moonlight Nights Passing poster

A Moonlight Nights Passing

TV · 10 eps

2025
Yukiko a.k.a poster

Yukiko a.k.a

Movie

2025
Trillion Game poster

Trillion Game

Movie · as Wolf Lee

2024
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor poster

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

Movie · as Archive Footage

2024
MONSTER poster

MONSTER

TV · 2 eps

2022
Involvement in Family Affairs poster

Involvement in Family Affairs

TV · as Keiichi Miyama · 12 eps

2022
Modern Love Tokyo poster

Modern Love Tokyo

TV · as Kosuke Hayami · 1 ep

2021
Masquerade Night poster

Masquerade Night

Movie · as Yasushi Fujiki

2021
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版 poster

心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版

Movie

2021
The Cinderella Addiction poster

The Cinderella Addiction

Movie · as Masaaki Fukuura

2021
Parasite in Love poster

Parasite in Love

Movie · as Yuichi

2020
To Heal the Heart poster

To Heal the Heart

TV · as An Tekkei · 4 eps

2019
Masquerade Hotel poster

Masquerade Hotel

Movie · as Yasushi Fujiki

2019
Dancing Mary poster

Dancing Mary

Movie · as Yakuza thug

2019
The Naked Director poster

The Naked Director

TV · as Ikezawa · 2 eps

2018
Smoking poster

Smoking

TV · as Sabe · 12 eps

2016
The Price poster

The Price

TV · 6 eps

2016
メガバンク最終決戦 poster

メガバンク最終決戦

TV · 6 eps

2015
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk poster

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

TV · 1 ep

2014
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out poster

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

TV · as Shogo Dojima · 11 eps

2014
Stock Price Crash poster

Stock Price Crash

TV · as Chiharu Zaizen · 5 eps

2013
Lady Joker poster

Lady Joker

TV · 7 eps

2013
神様のボート poster

神様のボート

TV · as 모모이 · 3 eps

2013
七つの会議 poster

七つの会議

TV · as 北川誠 · 4 eps

2012
Ace Attorney poster

Ace Attorney

Movie · as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)

2012
Black Dawn poster

Black Dawn

Movie

2012
Wonderful Single Life poster

Wonderful Single Life

TV · as Toru Higuchi · 11 eps

2011
Mitsuko Delivers poster

Mitsuko Delivers

Movie · as Jiro

2010
Box: The Hakamada Case poster

Box: The Hakamada Case

Movie · as Police officer Tatematsu

2010
Perfect Report poster

Perfect Report

TV · 1 ep

2009
Sasori poster

Sasori

Movie · as Jyono

2009
MW poster

MW

Movie · as Kazuyuki Sawaki

2009
Rescue: Pride of Orange poster

Rescue: Pride of Orange

TV · as Serizawa Shinobu · 9 eps

2009
Gaiji Keisatsu poster

Gaiji Keisatsu

TV · as Shotaro Ariga · 6 eps

2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The World poster

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

Movie · as Kinichi Nihei

2008
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow poster

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow

Movie · as Ryuji Mogi

2007
War poster

War

Movie · as Shiro

2007
Shamo poster

Shamo

Movie · as Principal Saeki

2007
Dream Cruise poster

Dream Cruise

Movie · as Eiji Saito

2007
The Investigation Game poster

The Investigation Game

Movie · as Yousuke Sone

2007
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage poster

Aoi Hitomi to Nuage

Movie · as Michihisa Suto

2006
Trapped Ashes poster

Trapped Ashes

Movie · as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")

2006
The Happiness poster

The Happiness

Movie

2006
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee poster

Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee

Movie · as Kinzo Daidoji

2006
The Grudge 2 poster

The Grudge 2

Movie · as Det. Hideto Nakagawa

2006
Waru: The End poster

Waru: The End

Movie

2006
Waru poster

Waru

Movie · as Sakuragi

2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A poster

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

Movie · as Warden Tsuchiya

2006
Rondo poster

Rondo

TV · as Yoshihiko Isaki · 11 eps

2005
The Superdry Films poster

The Superdry Films

Movie

2005
横山秀夫サスペンス「モノクロームの反転」

横山秀夫サスペンス「モノクロームの反転」

Movie

2005
Haru and Natsu poster

Haru and Natsu

TV · as Unno Commander · 5 eps

2004
The Grudge poster

The Grudge

Movie · as Det. Hideto Nakagawa

2004
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ poster

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

TV · as Kinzō Daidōji · 1 ep

2003
第三の時効 poster

第三の時効

Movie

2003
g@me. poster

g@me.

Movie

2003
Moon Child poster

Moon Child

Movie · as Inspector Lorry

2003
Last Love, First Love poster

Last Love, First Love

Movie

2003
Beginner poster

Beginner

TV · as Hiroya Nozaki(野佐木 恍也) · 11 eps

2003
Say Hello to Black Jack poster

Say Hello to Black Jack

TV · 3 eps

2002
Aiki poster

Aiki

Movie · as Masatsugu Hiraishi

2002
Dog Star poster

Dog Star

Movie

2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo poster

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

TV · as Norio Mikumo · 2 eps

2002
Psycho Doctor poster

Psycho Doctor

TV · as Kohei Kitamura · 1 ep

2001
Suicide Club poster

Suicide Club

Movie · as Detective Kuroda

2001
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 poster

Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2

Movie

2000
Brother poster

Brother

Movie · as Ishihara

2000
Audition poster

Audition

Movie · as Shigeharu Aoyama

2000
Film Noir poster

Film Noir

Movie · as Yuji Hamazaki

1998
The Central Quicksand poster

The Central Quicksand

Movie

1997
An Obsession poster

An Obsession

Movie · as Detective Saga

1997
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality poster

Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality

Movie

1997
Ringo no usagi poster

Ringo no usagi

Movie

1996
Kids Return poster

Kids Return

Movie · as Local Yakuza Chief

1996
Back to Back poster

Back to Back

Movie · as Koji

1996
Two Punks poster

Two Punks

Movie · as Otani

1996
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble poster

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

Movie

1996
Jinrai: The Boss's Ransom poster

Jinrai: The Boss's Ransom

Movie

1995
The Crossing Guard poster

The Crossing Guard

Movie · as Jefferey

1995
Another Lonely Hitman

Another Lonely Hitman

Movie · as Takashi Tachibana

1994
Blue Tiger poster

Blue Tiger

Movie · as Gan

1994
Natural Woman poster

Natural Woman

Movie

1994
Level poster

Level

Movie

1994
Okane ga Nai! poster

Okane ga Nai!

TV · 12 eps

1993
American Yakuza poster

American Yakuza

Movie · as Shuji Sawamoto

1991
Harikomi poster

Harikomi

Movie

1991
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER poster

The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER

Movie

1991
あしたがあるから poster

あしたがあるから

TV · 10 eps

1989
Via Okinawa poster

Via Okinawa

Movie · as Sachio

1988
Oración poster

Oración

Movie

1986
A Homance poster

A Homance

Movie · as Michio Yamazaki

1986
Leave My Girl Alone poster

Leave My Girl Alone

Movie · as Kashima

1982
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex poster

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex

Movie · as Rachi

1982
Future War 198X poster

Future War 198X

Movie · as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)