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Daisuke Ryū

隆大介

Daisuke Ryū is known for Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980), Metropolis (2001).

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.

Questions about Daisuke Ryū

How many Daisuke Ryū films are in the catalogue?

The CineQuiz catalogue has 58 films with Daisuke Ryū, from 1978 to 2021.

What is the best rated Daisuke Ryū film?

The best rated Daisuke Ryū film in the catalogue is Ran (1985), rated 8.0.

What was the first Daisuke Ryū film?

The first Daisuke Ryū film in the catalogue is Kagemusha, from 1980.

Who has Daisuke Ryū worked with the most?

In the catalogue, Daisuke Ryū shares the most credits with Akira Kurosawa (2 films), Jinpachi Nezu (2 films) and Kumeko Otowa (2 films).

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Trivia

Also works as
seiyū
Studied at
Japan Institute of the Moving Image

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Full filmography

77 films — 58 in the catalogue

Series and TV shows

1 titles

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