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