
Birthday
1957/02/14
Day of death
2021/04/11 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
隆大介, 장명남, 張明男
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 19...Read more

(1998) Bayside Shakedown
as Obayashi

(1985) Ran
as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji

(1980) Kagemusha
as Nobunaga Oda

(2001) Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
as Benkei

(2001) The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell
as ---

(1999) Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
as ---

(1999) Zero Woman Returns
as Mutoh

(2012) Joshi Camera
as ---

(2017) Solitary Scream
as ---

(2017) Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
as ---

(2006) Baian Fujieda the Assassin
as ---

(2021) Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
as Densuke Tsuchiya

(1979) Hunter in the Dark
as ---

(1982) The Law of Hell
as ---

(1996) Black Jack
as Black Jack

(1996) Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
as Black Jack

(1996) Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
as Black Jack

(1995) Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
as ---

(2004) Ultraman: The Next
as Kazusa Sogabe

(1997) Zero Woman: The Hunted
as Mutoh

(1980) Twelve Months
as Officer (voice)

(1998) Zero Woman: Dangerous Game
as Mutoh

(1982) The Legend of Sayo
as ---

(2012) The Last Message
as Bando

(2002) Graveyard of Honor
as Tadaaki Kuze

(1995) The Tale of Himeji Castle
as ---

(2014) Time Trip App
as Toshizo Yamashita

(1984) Legend of the Assassin
as ---

(2002) The Great Jailbreak
as ---

(2001) Agitator
as Ichimatsu

(2015) Gassoh
as ---

(2014) Tangerines on Cat
as Shoichiro

(2007) Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
as Katsuie Shibata

(1983) Shadow Hunters
as ---

(2010) You Dance with the Summer
as Shintaro Teramoto

(2002) Shura Group Part 3
as ---

(2002) Shura Group Part 2
as ---

(1996) Legend of the Devil
as ---
(1987) The Orphaned Geisha
as Yuuki Shinichiro

(1997) The Mamushi
as ---

(1982) Lake of Illusions
as Nagao

(1989) Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Koji Muranaka

(1984) Fireflies in the North
as Nagakura

(2002) Nezulla the Rat Monster
as Aso

(1985) The Empty Table
as Akira Sawaki

(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
as Self

(2018) I Will Never Forgive
as ---

(1978) Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as ---

(1997) Woman in Witness Protection
as Religious Cult Leader

(1998) Abare Bunya
as ---

(2010) A Lone Scalpel
as Tatematsu Detective

(1999) Wild Criminal
as Casino Customer #1

(1998) Another XX: Matori Woman
as ---

(1997) Guard Dog
as ---

(1986) Atami Murder Case
as Son of Onijima

(2019) Tokyo Wine Party People
as Makita

(2001) Metropolis
as Special Voice Appearance (voice)

(1992) Succession
as Tadashi Senda

(1998) Scorpion: Double Venom 2
as ---

(1993) Koya Choken-bou oboegaki
as ---

(2019) Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody
as Kokuhei Kusunoki

(1995) Mitabi no kaikyô
as ---

(1981) Willful Murder
as Maruyama

(2003) Another Battle/Conspiracy
as ---

(2002) Yakuza Jihad
as ---

(2002) Yakuza Jihad 2
as ---

(2002) Yakuza Jihad 3
as ---

(2019) Anticipation
as ---

(2009) Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1
as ---

(2009) Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2
as ---

(2009) Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter
as ---

(1985) 国東物語
as ---

(1987) Trinacria: Porsche 959
as ---

(1982) Toge no Gunzo
as ---
(1986) Onna Furin Kazan
as ---

(1989) The Ginger Tree
as Count Kentaro Kurihama

(2009) Rinjo
as Haruhisa Nabdo

(2014) The Next Generation: Patlabor
as ---

(1986) Musashibo Benkei
as Taira no Tomomori
(1986) 闇からの叫び
as ---