Daisuke Ryū

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-02-14

Day of death

2021-04-11 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Ryū

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 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

  • Ran

    Ran

  • Yakuza Jihad 2

    Yakuza Jihad 2

  • Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

    Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

  • Yakuza Jihad 3

    Yakuza Jihad 3

  • Trinacria: Porsche 959

    Trinacria: Porsche 959

  • Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

    Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

  • Anticipation

    Anticipation

  • Metropolis

    Metropolis

  • Nezulla the Rat Monster

    Nezulla the Rat Monster

  • Bayside Shakedown

    Bayside Shakedown

  • Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

  • Zero Woman Returns

    Zero Woman Returns

  • Zero Woman: The Hunted

    Zero Woman: The Hunted

  • Fireflies in the North

    Fireflies in the North

  • Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

  • The Next Generation: Patlabor

    The Next Generation: Patlabor

  • Wild Criminal

    Wild Criminal

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Hunter in the Dark

    Hunter in the Dark

  • I Will Never Forgive

    I Will Never Forgive

  • Gassoh

    Gassoh

  • Scorpion: Double Venom 2

    Scorpion: Double Venom 2

  • Tokyo Wine Party People

    Tokyo Wine Party People

  • Agitator

    Agitator

  • Twelve Months

    Twelve Months

  • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

  • Yakuza Jihad

    Yakuza Jihad

  • Black Jack

    Black Jack

  • Another Battle/Conspiracy

    Another Battle/Conspiracy

  • The Empty Table

    The Empty Table

  • Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

  • Shadow Hunters

    Shadow Hunters

  • Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

    Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

  • Time Trip App

    Time Trip App

  • Graveyard of Honor

    Graveyard of Honor

  • Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Four Days of Snow and Blood

  • The Tale of Himeji Castle

    The Tale of Himeji Castle

  • Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated

    Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated

  • Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You

    Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You

  • Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

  • Shura Group Part 3

    Shura Group Part 3

  • Joshi Camera

    Joshi Camera

  • The Law of Hell

    The Law of Hell

  • The Last Message

    The Last Message

  • Another XX: Matori Woman

    Another XX: Matori Woman

  • Legend of the Assassin

    Legend of the Assassin

  • Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

    Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

  • A Lone Scalpel

    A Lone Scalpel

  • Abare Bunya

    Abare Bunya

  • Tangerines on Cat

    Tangerines on Cat

  • Legend of the Devil

    Legend of the Devil

  • Toge no Gunzo

    Toge no Gunzo

  • Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

    Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

  • Willful Murder

    Willful Murder

  • Mitabi no kaikyô

    Mitabi no kaikyô

  • Baian Fujieda the Assassin

    Baian Fujieda the Assassin

  • Solitary Scream

    Solitary Scream

  • Shura Group Part 2

    Shura Group Part 2

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

  • You Dance with the Summer

    You Dance with the Summer

  • Atami Murder Case

    Atami Murder Case

  • The Great Jailbreak

    The Great Jailbreak

  • The Legend of Sayo

    The Legend of Sayo

  • Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3

    Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3

  • Rinjo

    Rinjo

  • Guard Dog

    Guard Dog

  • Musashibo Benkei

    Musashibo Benkei

  • The Ginger Tree

    The Ginger Tree

  • Koya Choken-bou oboegaki

    Koya Choken-bou oboegaki

  • Onna Furin Kazan

    Onna Furin Kazan

  • Ultraman: The Next

    Ultraman: The Next

  • 闇からの叫び

    闇からの叫び

  • Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

    Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

  • The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell

    The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell

  • 国東物語

    国東物語

  • Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

    Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

  • The Orphaned Geisha

    The Orphaned Geisha

  • Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

    Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

  • The Mamushi

    The Mamushi

  • Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter

    Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter