Daisuke Ryū
Acting
Born February 14, 1957 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Ran
Toge no Gunzo
Musashibo Benkei
The Next Generation: Patlabor
Kagemusha
Metropolis
Mitabi no kaikyô
Rinjo
The Empty Table
Legend of the Assassin
Anticipation
Onna Furin Kazan
The Ginger Tree
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Ultraman: The Next
Abare Bunya
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Bayside Shakedown
Fireflies in the North
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
Zero Woman Returns
Succession
Graveyard of Honor
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Semi: Nakanai Semi
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Twelve Months
Agitator
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Legend of the Devil
Time Trip App
Hunter in the Dark
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
The Last Message
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Woman in Witness Protection
Wild Criminal
Chaka 2
A Lone Scalpel