Daisuke Ryū
Born in Tokyo, Japan — Feb 14 1957• Died Apr 11 2021
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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…
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Daisuke Ryū's Credits
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Toge no Gunzo
Ran
Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Rinjo
Haruhisa Nabdo
Metropolis
Special Voice Appearance (voice)
The Next Generation: Patlabor
Kagemusha
Nobunaga Oda
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Fireflies in the North
Nagakura
Anticipation
Agitator
Ichimatsu
Willful Murder
Maruyama
Onna Furin Kazan
A Lone Scalpel
Tatematsu Detective
Graveyard of Honor
Tadaaki Kuze
Hunter in the Dark
Twelve Months
Officer (voice)
The Ginger Tree
Count Kentaro Kurihama
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Koji Muranaka
Gassoh
Bayside Shakedown
Obayashi
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Benkei
Atami Murder Case
Son of Onijima
Time Trip App
Toshizo Yamashita
Shura Group Part 3
Succession
Tadashi Senda
Woman in Witness Protection
Religious Cult Leader
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
Mutoh
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Densuke Tsuchiya
Lake of Illusions
Nagao
Shura Group Part 2
Ultraman: The Next
Kazusa Sogabe
Musashibo Benkei
Taira no Tomomori
Shadow Hunters
The Law of Hell
Yakuza Jihad 2
The Last Message
Bando
The Empty Table
Akira Sawaki
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Solitary Scream
Wild Criminal
Casino Customer #1
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Katsuie Shibata
You Dance with the Summer
Shintaro Teramoto
The Orphaned Geisha
Yuuki Shinichiro
国東物語
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
Kokuhei Kusunoki
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
I Will Never Forgive
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Self
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Black Jack
Black Jack
Tangerines on Cat
Shoichiro
Yakuza Jihad 3
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
Joshi Camera
Tokyo Wine Party People
Makita
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
Nezulla the Rat Monster
Aso
Mitabi no kaikyô
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
Another XX: Matori Woman
The Tale of Himeji Castle
Abare Bunya
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Black Jack
Trinacria: Porsche 959
Yakuza Jihad
The Legend of Sayo
Legend of the Assassin
Guard Dog
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
闇からの叫び
The Great Jailbreak
The Mamushi
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
Black Jack
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
Domoto
Zero Woman Returns
Mutoh
Legend of the Devil
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Mutoh
Semi: Nakanai Semi
Chaka 2