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

  • The Last Message

    The Last Message

  • Metropolis

    Metropolis

  • Anticipation

    Anticipation

  • Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

  • Toge no Gunzo

    Toge no Gunzo

  • Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II

    Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II

  • Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

    Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS

  • Fireflies in the North

    Fireflies in the North

  • Trinacria: Porsche 959

    Trinacria: Porsche 959

  • Shadow Hunters

    Shadow Hunters

  • The Tale of Himeji Castle

    The Tale of Himeji Castle

  • Wild Criminal

    Wild Criminal

  • Scorpion: Double Venom 2

    Scorpion: Double Venom 2

  • The Next Generation: Patlabor

    The Next Generation: Patlabor

  • Succession

    Succession

  • Tangerines on Cat

    Tangerines on Cat

  • Gassoh

    Gassoh

  • Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

    Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

  • Abare Bunya

    Abare Bunya

  • The Orphaned Geisha

    The Orphaned Geisha

  • Another XX: Matori Woman

    Another XX: Matori Woman

  • I Will Never Forgive

    I Will Never Forgive

  • Gokudô seisen: Jihaado

    Gokudô seisen: Jihaado

  • Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

    Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

  • Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

    Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

  • Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

  • Guard Dog

    Guard Dog

  • Agitator

    Agitator

  • The Great Jailbreak

    The Great Jailbreak

  • Graveyard of Honor

    Graveyard of Honor

  • Solitary Scream

    Solitary Scream

  • Tokyo Wine Party People

    Tokyo Wine Party People

  • Legend of the Devil

    Legend of the Devil

  • Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

  • The Empty Table

    The Empty Table

  • A Lone Scalpel

    A Lone Scalpel

  • Time Trip App

    Time Trip App

  • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

  • Twelve Months

    Twelve Months

  • Another Battle/Conspiracy

    Another Battle/Conspiracy

  • Baian Fujieda the Assassin

    Baian Fujieda the Assassin

  • Legend of the Assassin

    Legend of the Assassin

  • Atami Murder Case

    Atami Murder Case

  • Hunter in the Dark

    Hunter in the Dark

  • Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3

    Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3

  • 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

  • Musashibo Benkei

    Musashibo Benkei

  • Mitabi no kaikyô

    Mitabi no kaikyô

  • You Dance with the Summer

    You Dance with the Summer

  • Shura Group Part 2

    Shura Group Part 2

  • The Law of Hell

    The Law of Hell

  • Black Jack

    Black Jack

  • Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

    Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image

  • Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Four Days of Snow and Blood

  • Rinjo

    Rinjo

  • Willful Murder

    Willful Murder

  • Shura Group Part 3

    Shura Group Part 3

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

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

  • The Legend of Sayo

    The Legend of Sayo

  • Bayside Shakedown

    Bayside Shakedown

  • Joshi Camera

    Joshi Camera

  • Zero Woman: The Hunted

    Zero Woman: The Hunted

  • Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III

    Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III

  • Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

    Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2

  • Nezulla the Rat Monster

    Nezulla the Rat Monster

  • Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

    Zero Woman: Dangerous Game

  • Onna Furin Kazan

    Onna Furin Kazan

  • Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter

    Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter

  • Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

    Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1

  • Zero Woman Returns

    Zero Woman Returns

  • Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

    Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

  • Koya Choken-bou oboegaki

    Koya Choken-bou oboegaki

  • The Ginger Tree

    The Ginger Tree

  • The Mamushi

    The Mamushi

  • Ultraman: The Next

    Ultraman: The Next

  • 闇からの叫び

    闇からの叫び

  • 国東物語

    国東物語

  • The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell

    The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell