Daisuke Ryū
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.
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Acted in
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
2021
as Densuke Tsuchiya
Tokyo Wine Party People
2019
as Makita
Anticipation
2019
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
as Kokuhei Kusunoki
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
2017
Solitary Scream
2017
Gassoh
2015
Time Trip App
2014
as Toshizo Yamashita
Tangerines on Cat
2014
as Shoichiro
The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014
Joshi Camera
2012
The Last Message
2012
as Bando
You Dance with the Summer
2010
as Shintaro Teramoto
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Tatematsu Detective
Rinjo
2009
as Haruhisa Nabdo
Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
2007
as Katsuie Shibata
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006
Ultraman: The Next
2004
as Kazusa Sogabe
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Nezulla the Rat Monster
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
as Self
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
2002
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
2002
Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III
2002
Graveyard of Honor
2002
as Tadaaki Kuze
The Great Jailbreak
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell
2001
Agitator
2001
as Ichimatsu
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
as Benkei
Metropolis
2001
as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Zero Woman Returns
1999
as Mutoh
Wild Criminal
1999
as Casino Customer #1
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
Bayside Shakedown
1998
as Obayashi
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
1998
Abare Bunya
1998
Another XX: Matori no onna
1998
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
1998
as Mutoh
Zero Woman: The Hunted
1997
as Mutoh
Guard Dog
1997
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
as Religious Cult Leader
The Mamushi
1997
Legend of the Devil
1996
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
1996
as Black Jack
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996
as Black Jack
Black Jack
1996
as Black Jack
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993
Succession
1992
as Tadashi Senda
The Ginger Tree
1989
as Count Kentaro Kurihama
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Koji Muranaka
The Orphaned Geisha
1987
as Yuuki Shinichiro
Onna Furin Kazan
1986
闇からの叫び
1986
Atami Murder Case
1986
as Son of Onijima
Musashibo Benkei
1986
as Taira no Tomomori
The Empty Table
1985
as Akira Sawaki
Ran
1985
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Fireflies in the North
1984
as Nagakura
Legend of the Assassin
1984
Shadow Hunters
1983
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Lake of Illusions
1982
as Nagao
The Law of Hell
1982
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Willful Murder
1981
as Maruyama
Kagemusha
1980
as Nobunaga Oda
Twelve Months
1980
as Officer
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978