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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daisuke Ryu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Ran
as Saburo Naotora IchimonjiWith Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular...
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Kagemusha
as Nobunaga OdaAkira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to...
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Fireflies in the North
as NagakuraSet in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal...
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Metropolis
as Special Voice Appearance (voice)Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the...
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Anticipation
as uncreditedTodo, an old wealthy man, is fascinated by the appearance of Sayumi walking in the graveyard in...
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Agitator
as IchimatsuWhen a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long...
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Graveyard of Honor
as Tadaaki KuzeA barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However,...
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Ultraman: The Next
as Kazusa SogabeFirst Lieutenant Shun'ichi Maki of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is a prestigious F-15 Eagle...
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Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
as MutohIn this installment of the Zero Woman series, Rei, the number-one assassin of the Tokyo Police...
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Gassoh
as uncreditedIn the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The...
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Woman in Witness Protection
as Religious Cult LeaderVain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate...
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Twelve Months
as OfficerA young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a...
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Bayside Shakedown
as ObayashiAoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the...
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Willful Murder
as MaruyamaThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
as BenkeiBenkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to...
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Hunter in the Dark
as uncreditedYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Koji MuranakaBased on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical...
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Time Trip App
as Toshizo YamashitaIn 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in...
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Succession
as Tadashi SendaA former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of...
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Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as uncreditedKumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a...
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A Lone Scalpel
as Tatematsu DetectiveDr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an...
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Zero Woman Returns
as MutohRei, whose undercover role is so guarded that there is no written record of her identity, is...
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Zero Woman: The Hunted
as MutohA woman with no past or identity, Rei is a gorgeous undercover agent for the Zero Department, a...
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Wild Criminal
as Casino Customer #1Tomoyo was the lover of Udo, a leading member of the Japanese mafia. When Udo disappears with a...
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Atami Murder Case
as Son of OnijimaChief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the...
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The Tale of Himeji Castle
as uncreditedA young samurai dares to approach a castle mistress as he searches for an escaped falcon, a...
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Lake of Illusions
as NagaoA woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and...
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I Will Never Forgive
as uncreditedA psychological drama about the consequences of a 15 year old girl's gang rape.
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Legend of the Devil
as uncreditedA gang of evil ninjas has stolen the sacred sword of the Lady Mayu and are demanding that her...
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Scorpion: Double Venom 2
as uncreditedNami Matsushima has escaped from the prison to which she was sentenced in Scorpion, but is now...
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You Dance with the Summer
as Shintaro TeramotoShinpei (Junpei Mizobata) dreams of being a professional cameraman and lives in Tokyo. One day,...
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Tokyo Wine Party People
as MakitaShino Sakuragi is an OL. She attends a wine party recommended by her boss, even though she isn't...
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The Mamushi
as uncreditedTobikantaro has just been released from prison and is greeted by his younger brother Kakuji....
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The Empty Table
as Akira SawakiOne year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a...
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Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
as Densuke TsuchiyaBased on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period...
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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
as uncreditedAsian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
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Black Jack
as Black JackTatsumi, a young doctor who works at Teito University Hospital, will be witnessing the operation...
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
as uncreditedAn adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on...
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Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
as Katsuie ShibataThe famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
as SelfDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Another XX: Matori no onna
as uncredited4th Entry in a Four-Part-Series, following the success of the original XX-series with 7 parts:...
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The Law of Hell
as uncreditedAt a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The...
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The Orphaned Geisha
as Yuuki ShinichiroGeisha Yaeko is approached by a samurai who has just returned to Edo while she is painting a...
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Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
as Kokuhei KusunokiNaraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power...
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Shura Group Part 3
as uncreditedRyuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified...
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Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
as uncreditedSequel to 'Solitary Scream'.
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Another Battle/Conspiracy
as uncreditedKatsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film...
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The Last Message
as BandoPolice coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial...
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Shura Group Part 2
as uncreditedRyuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the...
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The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell
as uncreditedGenji Sokabe (Hakuryu) is a legendary hit-man who has just finished a 15-year prison stretch for...
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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
as uncreditedThe second installment of the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the...
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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
as uncreditedThe first in the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft...
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Shadow Hunters
as uncreditedThe government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the...
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Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
as Black JackBlackjack's surgery was to save Dr. Summit, a surgeon infected with a mysterious infectious...
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Abare Bunya
as uncreditedBased on Tetsuya Saruwatari's manga series about a reporter who gets assigned to a serial murder...
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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III
as uncreditedThe third installment of the hard-line action OV "Gokudo Seisen" series, which presents the...
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Solitary Scream
as uncreditedHeinous. Two wolves haunted by the past. Can you hear the gunshot?-Is it his voice?- Starring:...
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Nezulla the Rat Monster
as uncreditedA Japanese Company funded by the USA experimenting with anti-bacteriological weapons creates a...
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Guard Dog
as uncreditedA tough and violent battle ensues between Hikaru Gotokuji, who's been assigned as the bodyguard...
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Legend of the Assassin
as uncreditedThe Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi,...
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Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
as Black JackA difficult request brought to the unlicensed genius surgeon Black Jack. It was supposed to be...
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
as uncreditedThe first of three V-Cinema sequels.
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The Legend of Sayo
as uncreditedSayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way...
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Joshi Camera
as uncreditedMiki (Kaoru Mitsumune), Aya (Mika Kumagai), Megumi (Miyako Takayama) and Haruka (Yukiyo Sono)...
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The Great Jailbreak
as uncreditedKitahara (Hitoshi Ozawa) is a prisoner who is obsessed with escaping from prison. He is a born...
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The Next Generation: Patlabor
as uncreditedIn a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is...
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Musashibo Benkei
as Taira no TomomoriAfter being carried in his mother’s womb for three years, Benkei is born with long hair and...
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Rinjo
as Haruhisa NabdoPolice coroner Kuraishi Yoshio and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with...
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The Ginger Tree
as Count Kentaro KurihamaIn 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and...
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