--- name: "Daisuke Ryū" canonical: "https://film.one/person/daisuke-ryu" fi1m_id: "daisuke-ryu" imdb_id: "nm0753480" tmdb_id: 70134 wikidata_id: "Q5209656" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 February 1957" died: "11 April 2021" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:25:31.743587+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Daisuke Ryū ## Identity Daisuke Ryū - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daisuke-ryu - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** daisuke-ryu - **IMDb ID:** nm0753480 - **TMDB ID:** 70134 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5209656 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Ryu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5209656, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753480/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70134 Actor. Born 14 February 1957 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 11 April 2021. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 February 1957, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 11 April 2021 - **Also known as:** 隆大介, 장명남, 張明男 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Ryu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5209656, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753480/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70134 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Daisuke Ryū (also credited as Daisuke Ryû) was a Japanese actor of Korean descent. He was born in Tokyo in 1957 and died on 11 April 2021. Ryū won the Blue Ribbon Award for best new actor for his performance as Oda Nobunaga in Akira Kurosawa's *Kagemusha* (1980). He is also known for playing Saburo Naotora Ichimonji in Kurosawa's *Ran* (1985) and Benkei in Sogo Ishii's *Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle* (2000). Other credits include a role in the television serial *The Ginger Tree* (1989). He appeared in numerous films and television productions over four decades. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) ## Complete filmography (83) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Nobutora - Samurai Tiger* (2021), as Densuke Tsuchiya - *Tokyo Wine Party People* (2019), as Makita - *Anticipation* (2019), Actor - *Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody* (2019), as Kokuhei Kusunoki - *I Will Never Forgive* (2018), Actor - *Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS* (2017), Actor - *Solitary Scream* (2017), Actor - *Gassoh* (2015), Actor - *Time Trip App* (2014), as Toshizo Yamashita - *Tangerines on Cat* (2014), as Shoichiro - *The Next Generation: Patlabor* (2014), series, Actor - *Joshi Camera* (2012), Actor - *The Last Message* (2012), as Bando - *You Dance with the Summer* (2010), as Shintaro Teramoto - *A Lone Scalpel* (2010), as Tatematsu Detective - *Challenge to Ambition: Final Chapter* (2009), Actor - *Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 2* (2009), Actor - *Challenge to Ambition: Chapter 1* (2009), Actor - *Rinjo* (2009), series, as Haruhisa Nabdo - *Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated* (2007), as Katsuie Shibata - *Baian Fujieda the Assassin* (2006), Actor - *Ultraman: The Next* (2004), as Kazusa Sogabe - *The King of Minami: Special Ver.50* (2004), as Domoto - *Semi: Nakanai Semi* (2003), Actor - *Another Battle/Conspiracy* (2003), Actor - *Shura Group Part 2* (2002), Actor - *Nezulla the Rat Monster* (2002), as Aso - *Yakuza Jihad 2* (2002), Actor - *Yakuza Jihad* (2002), Actor - *Yakuza Jihad 3* (2002), Actor - *Graveyard of Honor* (2002), as Tadaaki Kuze - *The Great Jailbreak* (2002), Actor - *Shura Group Part 3* (2002), Actor - *The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell* (2001), Actor - *Agitator* (2001), as Ichimatsu - *Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle* (2001), as Benkei - *Metropolis* (2001), as Special Voice Appearance (voice) - *Zero Woman Returns* (1999), as Mutoh - *Wild Criminal* (1999), as Casino Customer #1 - *Chaka 2* (1999), Actor - *Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3* (1999), Actor - *Bayside Shakedown* (1998), as Obayashi - *Scorpion: Double Venom 2* (1998), Actor - *Abare Bunya* (1998), Actor - *Another XX: Matori Woman* (1998), Actor - *Zero Woman: Dangerous Game* (1998), as Mutoh - *Zero Woman: The Hunted* (1997), as Mutoh - *Guard Dog* (1997), Actor - *Woman in Witness Protection* (1997), as Religious Cult Leader - *The Mamushi* (1997), Actor - *Legend of the Devil* (1996), Actor - *Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image* (1996), as Black Jack - *Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You* (1996), as Black Jack - *Black Jack* (1996), as Black Jack - *Mitabi no kaikyô* (1995), Actor - *The Tale of Himeji Castle* (1995), Actor - *Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident* (1995), as Obayashi - *Koya Choken-bou oboegaki* (1993), Actor - *Succession* (1992), as Tadashi Senda - *The Ginger Tree* (1989), series, as Count Kentaro Kurihama - *Four Days of Snow and Blood* (1989), as Koji Muranaka - *Trinacria: Porsche 959* (1987), Actor - *The Orphaned Geisha* (1987), as Yuuki Shinichiro - *Taikoki* (1987), as Azai Nagamasa - *Onna Furin Kazan* (1986), series, Actor - *闇からの叫び* (1986), series, Actor - *Atami Murder Case* (1986), as Son of Onijima - *Musashibo Benkei* (1986), series, as Taira no Tomomori - *The Empty Table* (1985), as Akira Sawaki - *Ran* (1985), as Saburo Naotora Ichimonji — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *国東物語* (1985), Actor - *Fireflies in the North* (1984), as Nagakura - *Legend of the Assassin* (1984), Actor - *Shadow Hunters* (1983), Actor - *The Legend of Sayo* (1982), as Takeo - *Lake of Illusions* (1982), as Nagao - *The Law of Hell* (1982), as Sadashichi - *Toge no Gunzo* (1982), series, Actor - *Willful Murder* (1981), as Maruyama - *Kagemusha* (1980), as Nobunaga Oda - *Twelve Months* (1980), as Officer (voice) - *Hunter in the Dark* (1979), Actor - *Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron* (1978), Actor ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1983: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer 1981: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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