Daisuke Ryū

Daisuke Ryū

Known for
Acting
Born
February 14, 1957
Died
April 11, 2021 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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​

Known For

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Filmography

2021
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger poster

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

Movie · as Densuke Tsuchiya

2019
Tokyo Wine Party People poster

Tokyo Wine Party People

Movie · as Makita

2019
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody poster

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Movie · as Kokuhei Kusunoki

2019
Anticipation poster

Anticipation

Movie

2018
I Will Never Forgive poster

I Will Never Forgive

Movie

2017
Solitary Scream poster

Solitary Scream

Movie

2017
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS poster

Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

Movie

2015
Gassoh poster

Gassoh

Movie

2014
Time Trip App poster

Time Trip App

Movie · as Toshizo Yamashita

2014
Tangerines on Cat poster

Tangerines on Cat

Movie · as Shoichiro

2014
The Next Generation: Patlabor poster

The Next Generation: Patlabor

TV · 1 ep

2012
Joshi Camera poster

Joshi Camera

Movie

2012
The Last Message poster

The Last Message

Movie · as Bando

2010
You Dance with the Summer poster

You Dance with the Summer

Movie · as Shintaro Teramoto

2010
A Lone Scalpel poster

A Lone Scalpel

Movie · as Tatematsu Detective

2009
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1 poster

Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

Movie

2009
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2 poster

Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

Movie

2009
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter poster

Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter

Movie

2009
Rinjo poster

Rinjo

TV · as Haruhisa Nabdo · 21 eps

2007
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated poster

Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated

Movie · as Katsuie Shibata

2006
Baian Fujieda the Assassin poster

Baian Fujieda the Assassin

Movie

2004
Ultraman: The Next poster

Ultraman: The Next

Movie · as Kazusa Sogabe

2004
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50 poster

The King of Minami: Special Ver.50

Movie · as Domoto

2003
Another Battle/Conspiracy poster

Another Battle/Conspiracy

Movie

2003
Semi: Nakanai Semi poster

Semi: Nakanai Semi

Movie

2002
Graveyard of Honor poster

Graveyard of Honor

Movie · as Tadaaki Kuze

2002
The Great Jailbreak poster

The Great Jailbreak

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 3 poster

Shura Group Part 3

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 2 poster

Shura Group Part 2

Movie

2002
Nezulla the Rat Monster poster

Nezulla the Rat Monster

Movie · as Aso

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

Movie · as Self

2002
Yakuza Jihad poster

Yakuza Jihad

Movie

2002
Yakuza Jihad 2 poster

Yakuza Jihad 2

Movie

2002
Yakuza Jihad 3 poster

Yakuza Jihad 3

Movie

2001
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle poster

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

Movie · as Benkei

2001
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell poster

The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell

Movie

2001
Agitator poster

Agitator

Movie · as Ichimatsu

2001
Metropolis poster

Metropolis

Movie · as Special Voice Appearance (voice)

1999
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3 poster

Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3

Movie

1999
Zero Woman Returns poster

Zero Woman Returns

Movie · as Mutoh

1999
Wild Criminal poster

Wild Criminal

Movie · as Casino Customer #1

1999
Chaka 2 poster

Chaka 2

Movie

1998
Bayside Shakedown poster

Bayside Shakedown

Movie · as Obayashi

1998
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game poster

Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

Movie · as Mutoh

1998
Abare Bunya poster

Abare Bunya

Movie

1998
Another XX: Matori Woman poster

Another XX: Matori Woman

Movie

1998
Scorpion: Double Venom 2 poster

Scorpion: Double Venom 2

Movie

1997
Zero Woman: The Hunted poster

Zero Woman: The Hunted

Movie · as Mutoh

1997
The Mamushi poster

The Mamushi

Movie

1997
Woman in Witness Protection poster

Woman in Witness Protection

Movie · as Religious Cult Leader

1997
Guard Dog poster

Guard Dog

Movie

1996
Black Jack poster

Black Jack

Movie · as Black Jack

1996
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You poster

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You

Movie · as Black Jack

1996
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image poster

Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

Movie · as Black Jack

1996
Legend of the Devil poster

Legend of the Devil

Movie

1995
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident poster

Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

Movie · as Obayashi

1995
The Tale of Himeji Castle poster

The Tale of Himeji Castle

Movie

1995
Mitabi no kaikyô poster

Mitabi no kaikyô

Movie

1993
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki poster

Koya Choken-bou oboegaki

Movie

1992
Succession poster

Succession

Movie · as Tadashi Senda

1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood poster

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Movie · as Koji Muranaka

1989
The Ginger Tree poster

The Ginger Tree

TV · as Count Kentaro Kurihama · 4 eps

1987
The Orphaned Geisha

The Orphaned Geisha

Movie · as Yuuki Shinichiro

1987
Trinacria: Porsche 959 poster

Trinacria: Porsche 959

Movie

1987
Taikoki poster

Taikoki

Movie · as Azai Nagamasa

1986
Atami Murder Case poster

Atami Murder Case

Movie · as Son of Onijima

1986
Onna Furin Kazan

Onna Furin Kazan

TV · 16 eps

1986
Musashibo Benkei poster

Musashibo Benkei

TV · as Taira no Tomomori · 32 eps

1986
闇からの叫び

闇からの叫び

TV · 1 ep

1985
Ran poster

Ran

Movie · as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

1985
The Empty Table poster

The Empty Table

Movie · as Akira Sawaki

1985
国東物語 poster

国東物語

Movie

1984
Legend of the Assassin poster

Legend of the Assassin

Movie

1984
Fireflies in the North poster

Fireflies in the North

Movie · as Nagakura

1983
Shadow Hunters poster

Shadow Hunters

Movie

1982
The Law of Hell poster

The Law of Hell

Movie · as Sadashichi

1982
The Legend of Sayo poster

The Legend of Sayo

Movie · as Takeo

1982
Lake of Illusions poster

Lake of Illusions

Movie · as Nagao

1982
Toge no Gunzo poster

Toge no Gunzo

TV · 50 eps

1981
Willful Murder poster

Willful Murder

Movie · as Maruyama

1980
Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Movie · as Nobunaga Oda

1980
Twelve Months poster

Twelve Months

Movie · as Officer (voice)

1979
Hunter in the Dark poster

Hunter in the Dark

Movie

1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron poster

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Movie