Daisuke Ryū
Acting
Born: 1957-02-14 in Tokyo, Japan
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
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Anticipation
Metropolis
Special Voice Appearance (voice)
The Next Generation: Patlabor
Kagemusha
Nobunaga Oda
Graveyard of Honor
Tadaaki Kuze
The Empty Table
Akira Sawaki
Toge no Gunzo
Abare Bunya
Hunter in the Dark
Wild Criminal
Casino Customer #1
Yakuza Jihad
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Mutoh
Shura Group Part 3
Agitator
Ichimatsu
The Ginger Tree
Count Kentaro Kurihama
Bayside Shakedown
Obayashi
Fireflies in the North
Nagakura
Solitary Scream
Twelve Months
Officer (voice)
The Legend of Sayo
Takeo
Woman in Witness Protection
Religious Cult Leader
Mitabi no kaikyô
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
Legend of the Devil
Shura Group Part 2
Rinjo
Haruhisa Nabdo
Musashibo Benkei
Taira no Tomomori
Succession
Tadashi Senda
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
Atami Murder Case
Son of Onijima
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Koji Muranaka
Onna Furin Kazan
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Zero Woman Returns
Mutoh
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
Another XX: Matori Woman
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Obayashi
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita