Daisuke Ryū
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 February 1957 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 11 April 2021
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
Acting 77
- 2021Nobutora - Samurai Tiger as Densuke Tsuchiya
- 2019Tokyo Wine Party People as Makita
- 2019Anticipation
- 2019Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody as Kokuhei Kusunoki
- 2018I Will Never Forgive
- 2017Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
- 2017Solitary Scream
- 2015Gassoh
- 2014Time Trip App as Toshizo Yamashita
- 2014Tangerines on Cat as Shoichiro
- 2012Joshi Camera
- 2012The Last Message as Bando
- 2010You Dance with the Summer as Shintaro Teramoto
- 2010A Lone Scalpel as Tatematsu Detective
- 2009Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
- 2009Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
- 2009Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
- 2007Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated as Katsuie Shibata
- 2006Baian Fujieda the Assassin
- 2004Ultraman: The Next as Kazusa Sogabe
- 2004The King of Minami: Special Ver.50 as Domoto
- 2003Another Battle/Conspiracy
- 2003Semi: Nakanai Semi
- 2002Shura Group Part 2
- 2002Nezulla the Rat Monster as Aso
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' as Self
- 2002Yakuza Jihad 2
- 2002Yakuza Jihad
- 2002Yakuza Jihad 3
- 2002Graveyard of Honor as Tadaaki Kuze
- 2002The Great Jailbreak
- 2002Shura Group Part 3
- 2001The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
- 2001Agitator as Ichimatsu
- 2001Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Benkei
- 2001Metropolis as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
- 1999Zero Woman Returns as Mutoh
- 1999Wild Criminal as Casino Customer #1
- 1999Chaka 2
- 1999Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
- 1998Scorpion: Double Venom 2
- 1998Bayside Shakedown as Obayashi
- 1998Abare Bunya
- 1998Another XX: Matori Woman
- 1998Zero Woman: Dangerous Game as Mutoh
- 1997Zero Woman: The Hunted as Mutoh
- 1997Guard Dog
- 1997Woman in Witness Protection as Religious Cult Leader
- 1997The Mamushi
- 1996Legend of the Devil
- 1996Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image as Black Jack
- 1996Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You as Black Jack
- 1996Black Jack as Black Jack
- 1995Mitabi no kaikyô
- 1995The Tale of Himeji Castle
- 1995Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident as Obayashi
- 1993Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
- 1992Succession as Tadashi Senda
- 1989Four Days of Snow and Blood as Koji Muranaka
- 1987Trinacria: Porsche 959
- 1987The Orphaned Geisha as Yuuki Shinichiro
- 1987Taikoki as Azai Nagamasa
- 1986Atami Murder Case as Son of Onijima
- 1985The Empty Table as Akira Sawaki
- 1985Ran as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- 1985国東物語
- 1984Fireflies in the North as Nagakura
- 1984Legend of the Assassin
- 1983Shadow Hunters
- 1982The Legend of Sayo as Takeo
- 1982Lake of Illusions as Nagao
- 1982The Law of Hell as Sadashichi
- 1981Willful Murder as Maruyama
- 1980Kagemusha as Nobunaga Oda
- 1980Twelve Months as Officer (voice)
- 1979Hunter in the Dark
- 1978Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron