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Daisuke Ryū

Known for acting · Born 14 February 1957 · Died 11 April 2021 · aged 64 · Tokyo, Japan

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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​

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Known for

Ran

1985

Kagemusha

1980

Toge no Gunzo

1982

Musashibo Benkei

1986

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

2001

Zero Woman Returns

1999

Rinjo

2009

Onna Furin Kazan

Onna Furin Kazan

1986

Lake of Illusions

1982

Anticipation

2019

Nezulla the Rat Monster

2002

The Legend of Sayo

1982

Acting (84)

2021Nobutora - Samurai TigerDensuke TsuchiyaFilm
2019AnticipationFilm
2019Tokyo Wine Party PeopleMakitaFilm
2019Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima RhapsodyKokuhei KusunokiFilm
2018I Will Never ForgiveFilm
2017Solitary ScreamFilm
2017Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESSFilm
2015GassohFilm
2014Time Trip AppToshizo YamashitaFilm
2014The Next Generation: PatlaborSeries
2014Tangerines on CatShoichiroFilm
2012The Last MessageBandoFilm
2012Joshi CameraFilm
2010A Lone ScalpelTatematsu DetectiveFilm
2010You Dance with the SummerShintaro TeramotoFilm
2009RinjoHaruhisa Nabdo · 21 episodesSeries
2009Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1Film
2009Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2Film
2009Challenge to Ambition: Final ChapterFilm
2007Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God HatedKatsuie ShibataFilm
2006Baian Fujieda the AssassinFilm
2004Ultraman: The NextKazusa SogabeFilm
2004The King of Minami: Special Ver.50DomotoFilm
2003Another Battle/ConspiracyFilm
2003Semi: Nakanai SemiFilm
2002Graveyard of HonorTadaaki KuzeFilm
2002Nezulla the Rat MonsterAsoFilm
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'SelfFilm
2002Yakuza JihadFilm
2002Yakuza Jihad 2Film
2002Yakuza Jihad 3Film
2002The Great JailbreakFilm
2002Shura Group Part 2Film
2002Shura Group Part 3Film
2001MetropolisSpecial Voice Appearance (voice)Film
2001Gojoe: Spirit War ChronicleBenkeiFilm
2001AgitatorIchimatsuFilm
2001The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to HellFilm
1999Zero Woman ReturnsMutohFilm
1999Wild CriminalCasino Customer #1Film
1999Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3Film
1999Chaka 2Film
1998Bayside ShakedownObayashiFilm
1998Scorpion: Double Venom 2Film
1998Zero Woman: Dangerous GameMutohFilm
1998Another XX: Matori WomanFilm
1998Abare BunyaFilm
1997Woman in Witness ProtectionReligious Cult LeaderFilm
1997Zero Woman: The HuntedMutohFilm
1997The MamushiFilm
1997Guard DogFilm
1996Legend of the DevilFilm
1996Black JackBlack JackFilm
1996Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love YouBlack JackFilm
1996Black Jack 3: Black Mirror ImageBlack JackFilm
1995The Tale of Himeji CastleFilm
1995Mitabi no kaikyôFilm
1995Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru IncidentObayashiFilm
1993Koya Choken-bou oboegakiFilm
1992SuccessionTadashi SendaFilm
1989Four Days of Snow and BloodKoji MuranakaFilm
1989The Ginger TreeCount Kentaro Kurihama · 4 episodesSeries
1987TaikokiAzai NagamasaFilm
1987The Orphaned GeishaYuuki ShinichiroFilm
1987Trinacria: Porsche 959Film
1986Atami Murder CaseSon of OnijimaFilm
1986Onna Furin Kazan · 16 episodesSeries
1986Musashibo BenkeiTaira no Tomomori · 32 episodesSeries
1986闇からの叫びSeries
1985RanSaburo Naotora IchimonjiFilm
1985The Empty TableAkira SawakiFilm
1985国東物語Film
1984Fireflies in the NorthNagakuraFilm
1984Legend of the AssassinFilm
1983Shadow HuntersFilm
1982Lake of IllusionsNagaoFilm
1982The Legend of SayoTakeoFilm
1982The Law of HellSadashichiFilm
1982Toge no Gunzo · 50 episodesSeries
1981Willful MurderMaruyamaFilm
1980KagemushaNobunaga OdaFilm
1980Twelve MonthsOfficer (voice)Film
1979Hunter in the DarkFilm
1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronFilm