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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 …
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- Ran (1985) as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji
- Kagemusha (1980) as Nobunaga Oda
- The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014) Cast
- Metropolis (2001) as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
- Rinjo (2009) as Haruhisa Nabdo
- Toge no Gunzo (1982) Cast
- Anticipation (2019) Cast
- Bayside Shakedown (1998) as Obayashi
- Woman in Witness Protection (1997) as Religious Cult Leader
- Koya Choken-bou oboegaki (1993) Cast
- Fireflies in the North (1984) as Nagakura
- Graveyard of Honor (2002) as Tadaaki Kuze
- Twelve Months (1980) as Officer (voice)
- Onna Furin Kazan (1986) Cast
- Agitator (2001) as Ichimatsu
- Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) as Benkei
- Zero Woman Returns (1999) as Mutoh
- Musashibo Benkei (1986) as Taira no Tomomori
- The Empty Table (1985) as Akira Sawaki
- The Ginger Tree (1989) as Count Kentaro Kurihama
- I Will Never Forgive (2018) Cast
- Zero Woman: Dangerous Game (1998) as Mutoh
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) Cast
- Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody (2019) as Kokuhei Kusunoki
- Mitabi no kaikyô (1995) Cast
- Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident (1995) as Obayashi
- Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) as Koji Muranaka
- Succession (1992) as Tadashi Senda
- Abare Bunya (1998) Cast
- Wild Criminal (1999) as Casino Customer #1
- Ultraman: The Next (2004) as Kazusa Sogabe
- Zero Woman: The Hunted (1997) as Mutoh
- Hunter in the Dark (1979) Cast
- Time Trip App (2014) as Toshizo Yamashita
- Legend of the Assassin (1984) Cast
- Nobutora - Samurai Tiger (2021) as Densuke Tsuchiya
- The Tale of Himeji Castle (1995) Cast
- Legend of the Devil (1996) Cast
- Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003) Cast
- You Dance with the Summer (2010) as Shintaro Teramoto
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Most-watched Daisuke Ryū films currently: Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980), Metropolis (2001), Anticipation (2019), Bayside Shakedown (1998).
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Selected TV credits: The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014), Rinjo (2009), Toge no Gunzo (1982), Onna Furin Kazan (1986), Musashibo Benkei (1986).
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