
Daisuke Ryū
Known for: Acting
Born: February 14, 1957
Died: April 11, 2021
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 19…
Known for

Black Jack
1996

Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996

Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
1996

Legend of the Assassin
1984

Nezulla the Rat Monster
2002

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019

国東物語
1985

Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
The Orphaned Geisha
1987

Lake of Illusions
1982

I Will Never Forgive
2018

Another XX: Matori Woman
1998

Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993

Anticipation
2019

Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
2009

Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
2009

Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
2009

Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001

Zero Woman Returns
1999

Shadow Hunters
1983

Ran
1985

Zero Woman: The Hunted
1997

The Mamushi
1997

Chaka 2
1999

Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
1998

The Legend of Sayo
1982

The Great Jailbreak
2002

Shura Group Part 2
2002

Shura Group Part 3
2002

Fireflies in the North
1984

Kagemusha
1980

The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
2001

The Law of Hell
1982

Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995

The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995

Tangerines on Cat
2014

Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
2007

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002

Abare Bunya
1998

Wild Criminal
1999

Guard Dog
1997

Succession
1992

Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003

Semi: Nakanai Semi
2003

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
2021

Ultraman: The Next
2004

Twelve Months
1980

The Empty Table
1985

The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
2004

Gassoh
2015

You Dance with the Summer
2010

Tokyo Wine Party People
2019

Yakuza Jihad
2002

Yakuza Jihad 3
2002

Joshi Camera
2012

Woman in Witness Protection
1997

Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006

Scorpion: Double Venom 2
1998

Graveyard of Honor
2002

Yakuza Jihad 2
2002

Time Trip App
2014

Atami Murder Case
1986

Mitabi no kaikyô
1995

Bayside Shakedown
1998

Solitary Scream
2017

Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
2017

Legend of the Devil
1996

The Last Message
2012

Hunter in the Dark
1979

Agitator
2001

A Lone Scalpel
2010

Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989

Metropolis
2001

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978

Willful Murder
1981

Toge no Gunzo
1982
Onna Furin Kazan
1986

The Ginger Tree
1989

Rinjo
2009

The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014

Musashibo Benkei
1986
闇からの叫び
1986