Daisuke Ryū
Known for
Time and sheer volume of work have made Daisuke Ryū a veteran actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. 'Ran' is the title most people reach for first, with Saburo Naotora Ichimonji at the center of it. 'Kagemusha' is the other credit that tends to come up.
Daisuke Ryū
36 Movies
3 Series
Time and sheer volume of work have made Daisuke Ryū a veteran actor with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. 'Ran' is the title most people reach for first, with Saburo Naotora Ichimonji at the center of it. 'Kagemusha' is the other credit that tends to come up.
Movies
Plays Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Ran
1985
Plays Nobunaga Oda
Kagemusha
1980
Plays Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Metropolis
2001
Plays Obayashi
Bayside Shakedown
1998
Plays Benkei
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
Plays Koji Muranaka
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Plays Officer (voice)
Twelve Months
1980
Plays Tadaaki Kuze
Graveyard of Honor
2002
Plays Nagakura
Fireflies in the North
1984
Plays Religious Cult Leader
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
Plays Toshizo Yamashita
Time Trip App
2014
Plays Maruyama
Willful Murder
1981
Plays Ichimatsu
Agitator
2001
Plays Takeo
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Plays Akira Sawaki
The Empty Table
1985
Plays Kazusa Sogabe
Ultraman: The Next
2004
Plays Nagao
Lake of Illusions
1982
Plays Bando
The Last Message
2012
Plays Tatematsu Detective
A Lone Scalpel
2010
Plays Mutoh
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
1998
Plays Tadashi Senda
Succession
1992
Plays Mutoh
Zero Woman Returns
1999
Plays Mutoh
Zero Woman: The Hunted
1997
Plays Casino Customer #1
Wild Criminal
1999
Plays Aso
Nezulla the Rat Monster
2002
Latest Trailers
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Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Full Filmography
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
2021
Film
Tokyo Wine Party People
Makita
2019
Film
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
2019
Film
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita
2014
Film
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
2014
Film
The Last Message
Bando
2012
Film
You Dance with the Summer
Shintaro Teramoto
2010
Film
A Lone Scalpel
Tatematsu Detective
2010
Film
Rinjo
Haruhisa Nabdo · 21 episodes
2009–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Daisuke Ryū still alive?
Daisuke Ryū passed away on April 11, 2021 at age 64.
What are the most famous roles of Daisuke Ryū?
Daisuke Ryū is best known for roles in Ran, Kagemusha, Metropolis.
How many movies has Daisuke Ryū been in?
Over a 43-year career (since 1978), Daisuke Ryū has appeared in 36 movies and 3 TV shows.
What was Daisuke Ryū's first movie?
The career of Daisuke Ryū began with Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978).
What is Daisuke Ryū's most recent movie or series?
Daisuke Ryū's most recent release is Nobutora - Samurai Tiger, which premiered on November 12, 2021.
What TV shows has Daisuke Ryū appeared in?
On television, Daisuke Ryū has appeared in The Next Generation: Patlabor, The Ginger Tree, Rinjo, Toge no Gunzo.
Daisuke Ryū
1957-02-14 · Tokyo, Japan
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.Daisuke Ryu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia