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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
- The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014) Cast
- Toge no Gunzo (1982) Cast
- Kagemusha (1980) as Nobunaga Oda
- Metropolis (2001) as Special Voice Appearance (voice)
- Rinjo (2009) as Haruhisa Nabdo
- Fireflies in the North (1984) as Nagakura
- Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) as Koji Muranaka
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) Cast
- Musashibo Benkei (1986) as Taira no Tomomori
- Anticipation (2019) Cast
- Ultraman: The Next (2004) as Kazusa Sogabe
- The Ginger Tree (1989) as Count Kentaro Kurihama
- Willful Murder (1981) as Maruyama
- Woman in Witness Protection (1997) as Religious Cult Leader
- Lake of Illusions (1982) as Nagao
- Gassoh (2015) Cast
- Nobutora - Samurai Tiger (2021) as Densuke Tsuchiya
- Bayside Shakedown (1998) as Obayashi
- Time Trip App (2014) as Toshizo Yamashita
- Agitator (2001) as Ichimatsu
- Succession (1992) as Tadashi Senda
- A Lone Scalpel (2010) as Tatematsu Detective
- Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003) Cast
- Hunter in the Dark (1979) Cast
- Twelve Months (1980) as Officer (voice)
- Onna Furin Kazan (1986) Cast
- Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) as Benkei
- Graveyard of Honor (2002) as Tadaaki Kuze
- Yakuza Jihad 2 (2002) Cast
- The Last Message (2012) as Bando
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' (2002) as Self
- Yakuza Jihad 3 (2002) Cast
- Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated (2007) as Katsuie Shibata
- Zero Woman: Dangerous Game (1998) as Mutoh
- Koya Choken-bou oboegaki (1993) Cast
- The Empty Table (1985) as Akira Sawaki
- I Will Never Forgive (2018) Cast
- Wild Criminal (1999) as Casino Customer #1
- Baian Fujieda the Assassin (2006) Cast
- Yakuza Jihad (2002) Cast
- Tangerines on Cat (2014) as Shoichiro
- Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS (2017) Cast
- You Dance with the Summer (2010) as Shintaro Teramoto
- Atami Murder Case (1986) as Son of Onijima
- Solitary Scream (2017) Cast
- Shadow Hunters (1983) Cast
- Guard Dog (1997) Cast
- Shura Group Part 3 (2002) Cast
- The Law of Hell (1982) Cast
- Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2 (2009) Cast
- The Tale of Himeji Castle (1995) Cast
- Another XX: Matori Woman (1998) Cast
- Tokyo Wine Party People (2019) as Makita
- The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell (2001) Cast
- Shura Group Part 2 (2002) Cast
- Zero Woman: The Hunted (1997) as Mutoh
- The Orphaned Geisha (1987) as Yuuki Shinichiro
- The Legend of Sayo (1982) Cast
- Zero Woman Returns (1999) as Mutoh
- Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You (1996) as Black Jack
- Scorpion: Double Venom 2 (1998) Cast
- 国東物語 (1985) Cast
- Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3 (1999) Cast
- The Great Jailbreak (2002) Cast
- Black Jack (1996) as Black Jack
- Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident (1995) Cast
- Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter (2009) Cast
- Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image (1996) as Black Jack
- Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1 (2009) Cast
- Nezulla the Rat Monster (2002) as Aso
- Mitabi no kaikyô (1995) Cast
- Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody (2019) as Kokuhei Kusunoki
- The Mamushi (1997) Cast
- Legend of the Assassin (1984) Cast
- Legend of the Devil (1996) Cast
- 闇からの叫び (1986) Cast
- Abare Bunya (1998) Cast
- Trinacria: Porsche 959 (1987) Cast
- The King of Minami: Special Ver.50 (2004) as Domoto
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Most-watched Daisuke Ryū films currently: Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980), Metropolis (2001), Fireflies in the North (1984), Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989).
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Selected TV credits: The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014), Toge no Gunzo (1982), Rinjo (2009), Musashibo Benkei (1986), The Ginger Tree (1989).
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