Daisuke Ryū
Actor
Born February 14, 1957 in 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.
Filmography
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
Tokyo Wine Party People
Makita
Anticipation
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
I Will Never Forgive
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
Solitary Scream
Gassoh
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
The Next Generation: Patlabor
Joshi Camera
The Last Message
Bando
You Dance with the Summer
Shintaro Teramoto
A Lone Scalpel
Tatematsu Detective
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
Rinjo
Haruhisa Nabdo
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Katsuie Shibata
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Ultraman: The Next
Kazusa Sogabe
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
Domoto
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Semi: Nakanai Semi
Shura Group Part 2
Nezulla the Rat Monster
Aso
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
Yakuza Jihad
Yakuza Jihad 2
Yakuza Jihad 3
Graveyard of Honor
Tadaaki Kuze
The Great Jailbreak
Shura Group Part 3
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
Agitator
Ichimatsu
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Benkei
Metropolis
Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Zero Woman Returns
Mutoh
Wild Criminal
Casino Customer #1
Chaka 2
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Bayside Shakedown
Obayashi
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
Abare Bunya
Another XX: Matori Woman
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Mutoh
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Mutoh
Guard Dog
Woman in Witness Protection
Religious Cult Leader
The Mamushi
Legend of the Devil
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
Black Jack
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Black Jack
Black Jack
Black Jack
Mitabi no kaikyô
The Tale of Himeji Castle
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
Succession
Tadashi Senda
The Ginger Tree
Count Kentaro Kurihama
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Koji Muranaka
Trinacria: Porsche 959
Atami Murder Case
Son of Onijima
Musashibo Benkei
Taira no Tomomori
The Empty Table
Akira Sawaki
Ran
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
国東物語
Fireflies in the North
Nagakura
Legend of the Assassin
Shadow Hunters
The Legend of Sayo
Lake of Illusions
Nagao
The Law of Hell
Toge no Gunzo
Willful Murder
Maruyama
Kagemusha
Nobunaga Oda
Twelve Months
Officer (voice)
Hunter in the Dark
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron