Daisuke Ryū
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1957-02-14
- Died
- 2021-04-11
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 隆大介 · 장명남 · 張明男
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (76)
Ran
1985
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
The Empty Table
1985
as Akira Sawaki
Kagemusha
1980
as Nobunaga Oda
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
Abare Bunya
1998
Legend of the Assassin
1984
Anticipation
2019
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995
Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
2019
as Kokuhei Kusunoki
Bayside Shakedown
1998
as Obayashi
Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
1993
Metropolis
2001
as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Legend of the Devil
1996
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Twelve Months
1980
as Officer (voice)
Graveyard of Honor
2002
as Tadaaki Kuze
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
as Benkei
Ultraman: The Next
2004
as Kazusa Sogabe
Fireflies in the North
1984
as Nagakura
Semi: Nakanai Semi
2003
Wild Criminal
1999
as Casino Customer #1
Zero Woman: The Hunted
1997
as Mutoh
The Last Message
2012
as Bando
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
as Religious Cult Leader
Chaka 2
1999
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Koji Muranaka
Zero Woman Returns
1999
as Mutoh
Agitator
2001
as Ichimatsu
Succession
1992
as Tadashi Senda
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
1998
as Mutoh
Gassoh
2015
A Lone Scalpel
2010
as Tatematsu Detective
Lake of Illusions
1982
as Nagao
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Another XX: Matori Woman
1998
Time Trip App
2014
as Toshizo Yamashita
Willful Murder
1981
as Maruyama
Atami Murder Case
1986
as Son of Onijima
Scorpion: Double Venom 2
1998
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
2021
as Densuke Tsuchiya
Tangerines on Cat
2014
as Shoichiro
Shadow Hunters
1983
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987
I Will Never Forgive
2018
Tokyo Wine Party People
2019
as Makita
The Law of Hell
1982
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
The Orphaned Geisha
1987
as Yuuki Shinichiro
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
2007
as Katsuie Shibata
Yakuza Jihad 2
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
2001
国東物語
1985
Guard Dog
1997
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
1996
as Black Jack
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
as Self
The Great Jailbreak
2002
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
2009
Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
1999
You Dance with the Summer
2010
as Shintaro Teramoto
The Mamushi
1997
Yakuza Jihad
2002
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Nezulla the Rat Monster
2002
as Aso
Baian Fujieda the Assassin
2006
Joshi Camera
2012
Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
2009
Yakuza Jihad 3
2002
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
1996
as Black Jack
Black Jack
1996
as Black Jack
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
2017
Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
2009
Solitary Scream
2017
The King of Minami: Special Ver.50
2004
as Domoto
About 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 pla… With 83 credits spanning from 1978 to 2021, Daisuke Ryū has appeared in 76 films and 7 TV shows.
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- Ran (1985) — as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- The Empty Table (1985) — as Akira Sawaki
- Kagemusha (1980) — as Nobunaga Oda
- Mitabi no kaikyô (1995)
- Abare Bunya (1998)
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