Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/14/1957
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
隆大介장명남張明男
Daisuke Ryū
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 ...
Known For
Ran
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
Yakuza Jihad 2
Unknown Role
Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
Unknown Role
Yakuza Jihad 3
Unknown Role
Trinacria: Porsche 959
Unknown Role
Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
as Mutoh
Anticipation
Unknown Role
Metropolis
as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
Nezulla the Rat Monster
as Aso
Bayside Shakedown
as Obayashi
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
as Benkei
Zero Woman Returns
as Mutoh
Zero Woman: The Hunted
as Mutoh
Fireflies in the North
as Nagakura
Kagemusha
as Nobunaga Oda
Wild Criminal
as Casino Customer #1
Succession
as Tadashi Senda
Hunter in the Dark
Unknown Role
I Will Never Forgive
Unknown Role
Gassoh
Unknown Role
Career Timeline
2019
2014
2009
2002
Shura Group Part 2
Role unknown
Nezulla the Rat Monster
as Aso
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
as Self
Yakuza Jihad
Role unknown
Yakuza Jihad 2
Role unknown
Yakuza Jihad 3
Role unknown
Graveyard of Honor
as Tadaaki Kuze
The Great Jailbreak
Role unknown
Shura Group Part 3
Role unknown