Daisuke Ryū
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Mutoh
1998
Series
The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014
Film
Ran
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
1985
Series
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Film
Kagemusha
Nobunaga Oda
1980
Series
Rinjo
Haruhisa Nabdo
2009
Film
Fireflies in the North
Nagakura
1984
Film
Metropolis
Special Voice Appearance (voice)
2001
Series
The Ginger Tree
Count Kentaro Kurihama
1989
Series
Musashibo Benkei
Taira no Tomomori
1986
Film
Anticipation
2019
Onna Furin Kazan
1986
Film
Succession
Tadashi Senda
1992
Film
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Koji Muranaka
1989
Film
Woman in Witness Protection
Religious Cult Leader
1997
Film
Ultraman: The Next
Kazusa Sogabe
2004
Film
Graveyard of Honor
Tadaaki Kuze
2002
Film
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita
2014
Film
The Empty Table
Akira Sawaki
1985
Film
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Mutoh
1997
Film
Wild Criminal
Casino Customer #1
1999
Film
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
Film
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Benkei
2001
Film
Willful Murder
Maruyama
1981
Film
Zero Woman Returns
Mutoh
1999
Film
Bayside Shakedown
Obayashi
1998
Film
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Film
Agitator
Ichimatsu
2001
Film
Lake of Illusions
Nagao
1982
Film
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
2019
Film
Gassoh
2015
Film
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Film
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Katsuie Shibata
2007
Film
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Film
Legend of the Devil
1996
Film
Yakuza Jihad 2
2002
Film
A Lone Scalpel
Tatematsu Detective
2010
Film
Twelve Months
Officer (voice)
1980
Film
Tokyo Wine Party People
Makita
2019
Film
Abare Bunya
1998
Film
Atami Murder Case
Son of Onijima
1986
Film
The Last Message
Bando
2012
Film
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
2021
Film
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993
Film
Legend of the Assassin
1984
Film
You Dance with the Summer
Shintaro Teramoto
2010
Film
Another XX: Matori Woman
1998
Film
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Film
The Law of Hell
1982
Film
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
2002
Film
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
1998
Film
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Film
Yakuza Jihad 3
2002
Film
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
Film
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
Film
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Film
Shadow Hunters
1983
Film
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006
Film
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Film
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995
Film
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
2014
Film
Solitary Scream
2017
闇からの叫び
1986
Film
国東物語
1985
Film
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
2001
The Orphaned Geisha
Yuuki Shinichiro
1987
Film
Joshi Camera
2012
Film
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Film
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
2009
Film
Nezulla the Rat Monster
Aso
2002
Film
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
2017
Film
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
2009
Film
Black Jack
Black Jack
1996
Film
Guard Dog
1997
Film
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Black Jack
1996
Film
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
Black Jack
1996
Film
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
2009
Film
Semi: Nakanai Semi
2003
Film
The Great Jailbreak
2002
Film
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987
Film
The Mamushi
1997
Film
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
Domoto
2004
Film
Chaka 2
1999