---
name: "Hakuryu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hakuryu"
fi1m_id: "hakuryu"
imdb_id: "nm0354653"
tmdb_id: 46582
wikidata_id: "Q11284673"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 October 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T04:25:24.111876+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."
---

# Hakuryu

## Identity

Hakuryu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hakuryu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hakuryu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0354653
- **TMDB ID:** 46582
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11284673
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuryu_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11284673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46582

Actor. Born 3 October 1952 in Imari, Saga, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 October 1952, Imari, Saga, Japan
- **Active:** 1997–2008
- **Also known as:** 하쿠류, Хакурю, 白竜
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuryu_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11284673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46582

## Biography

Hakuryu (白竜) is a Japanese actor and musician. Born on 3 October 1952 in Imari, Saga Prefecture, he is a second-generation Korean resident of Japan. He formed the Hakuryu band in 1978 and made his recording debut the following year before entering film in 1984 with Yoichi Sai's *Someone Will Be Killed*.

He is known for roles in Takeshi Kitano's films, including *Violent Cop* (1989) as Kiyohiro and *Fireworks* (1997) as the Yakuza Hitman. Other credits include *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), *My Way* (2011), *Beyond Outrage* (2012) and *Outrage Coda* (2017). He has also worked in television, voice acting and Korean productions.

*Sources: imdb.com, oricon.co.jp, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), Fi1m 74, as Ishihara — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-the-weird.md)
- *Fireworks* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Yakuza Hitman — [page](https://film.one/film/fireworks.md)

## Complete filmography (300)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 24* (2024), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 23* (2024), as Executive Producer
- *Broken Rage* (2024), as Tomita
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 22* (2024), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 21* (2024), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 20* (2024), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 19* (2024), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 18* (2023), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 17* (2023), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 16* (2023), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 15* (2023), as Executive Producer
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 14* (2023), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 13* (2023), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 12* (2022), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 11* (2022), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 10* (2022), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 9* (2022), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 8* (2022), Actor
- *CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ* (2022), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 7* (2022), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 6* (2021), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 5* (2021), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 4* (2021), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 3* (2021), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend: Chapter 2* (2021), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Legend* (2021), Actor
- *Under the Open Sky* (2021), as Shimoinaba Akimasa
- *Food Luck!* (2020), as Jiro Takizawa
- *야쿠자 경전* (2020), series, Actor
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2020), as Sensei
- *Steel Rain 2: Summit* (2020), as Mori Shinzo
- *代紋の墓場* (2020), series, Actor
- *極道黙示録* (2020), series, as 도넨 카즈오키
- *制霸* (2019), series, Actor
- *Ninkyo Gakuen* (2019), Actor
- *Yasuragi no Toki: Michi* (2019), series, Actor
- *Gokudo Apocalypse Chapter 3* (2018), Actor
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2018), series, as Head of Mushinwhe
- *The Great Clash 2: Endless War* (2018), Actor
- *The Great Clash: Endless War* (2018), Actor
- *Gokudo Apocalypse* (2017), Actor
- *Outrage Coda* (2017), as Lee
- *Gokudo Apocalypse Chapter 2* (2017), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 20* (2017), Actor
- *Civil Violence 2* (2016), Actor
- *Daimon Graveyard 8* (2016), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 19* (2016), Actor
- *Conquest 8* (2016), Actor
- *Daimon Graveyard 7* (2016), Actor
- *Conquest 7* (2016), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 18* (2016), Actor
- *CONFLICT II: Conclusion* (2016), as Katsushige
- *Conquest 6* (2016), Actor
- *High & Low The Movie* (2016), as Chang
- *Unification Of Japan 17* (2016), Actor
- *CONFLICT: Outbreak* (2016), as Katsushige
- *Conquest 5* (2016), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 16* (2016), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 15* (2016), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Conquest 4* (2016), Actor
- *Daimon Graveyard 6* (2016), Actor
- *New Gang Emblem 8* (2016), Actor
- *Daimon Graveyard 5* (2016), Actor
- *Civil Violence* (2016), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 14* (2015), as Masanobu Kudo
- *New Gang Emblem 7* (2015), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 13* (2015), Actor
- *Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 5* (2015), Actor
- *Conquest 2* (2015), Actor
- *Unification of Japan: Compilation II — Clash of Turmoil* (2015), Actor
- *Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 4* (2015), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 12* (2015), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Daimon Graveyard 4* (2015), Actor
- *Conquest* (2015), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 11* (2015), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Unification Of Japan 10* (2015), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 3* (2015), Actor
- *New Gang Emblem 4* (2015), Actor
- *Daimon Graveyard 3* (2015), Actor
- *New Gang Emblem 6* (2015), Actor
- *Daimon Graveyard* (2015), Actor
- *New Gang Emblem 5* (2015), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 9* (2015), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Daimon Graveyard 2* (2015), Actor
- *New Japan Violence Zone* (2015), Actor
- *KYOTO BLACK: Black Samurai* (2015), Actor
- *History of Yakuza Conflict: Huge Organizational Split* (2015), Actor
- *History of Yakuza Conflict: Attack on the Leader* (2014), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 8* (2014), as Masanobu Kudo
- *New Gang Emblem 3* (2014), Actor
- *日本やくざ抗争史 絶縁 第二章* (2014), Actor
- *日本やくざ抗争史 絶縁 第一章* (2014), Actor
- *New Gang Emblem 2* (2014), Actor
- *実録 新選組* (2014), as Serizawa Kamo
- *Unification Of Japan 7* (2014), as Masanobu Kudo
- *History of Yakuza Conflict: Nishinari Conflict* (2014), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 6* (2014), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Shin Yakuza no Daimon* (2014), series, as Kiyomasa Takemitsu
- *New Gang Emblem* (2014), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 5* (2014), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Strongest Independent Organization* (2014), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan 4* (2014), as Masanobu Kudo
- *盃外交* (2014), Actor
- *Shot Gun* (2014), as KAJI Tatsuhiko
- *Nihon Yakuza Kososhi* (2014), series, as Fujio Yamadai / Tatsuo Yamanaka
- *Unification Of Japan 3* (2013), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Split* (2013), as Hojo
- *Unification Of Japan 2* (2013), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Immovable Humanity* (2013), Actor
- *Proxy War Yakuza x Korean Mafia* (2013), Actor
- *Unification Of Japan* (2013), as Masanobu Kudo
- *Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition* (2013), Actor
- *日本統一* (2013), series, Actor
- *Midsummer's Equation* (2013), as Hidetoshi Senba
- *Okite: Law of Blood* (2013), Actor
- *Shunichi Doba Suspense Deviation ~First Investigation Division/Keiji Sawamura~* (2013), Actor
- *SAMURAI* (2012), Actor
- *Gokudo Chushingura* (2012), Actor
- *The Road to Ashura: The Final Chapter* (2012), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Chapter 18* (2012), Actor
- *Beyond Outrage* (2012), as Lee
- *The Road To Ashura* (2012), Actor
- *西成の顔* (2012), Actor
- *Wounded Heroes 2: Final Chapter* (2012), Actor
- *Wounded Heroes* (2012), Actor
- *Hakuryu 11: Son of Hitler* (2012), as Hakuryu
- *Unforgiven* (2012), Actor
- *God of Delinquency When the Lapis Lazuli Cries* (2012), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Chapter 16* (2012), Actor
- *My Way* (2011), as Governor of Athletic Federation
- *Hard Romanticker* (2011), Actor
- *悪（ワル）と呼ばれた男* (2011), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Chapter 15* (2011), Actor
- *GEDO: Heretical Corps* (2011), Actor
- *Don's Road* (2011), Actor
- *New Japanese Violence Chapter 2* (2010), Actor
- *Protect the President* (2010), Actor
- *Hakuryu 10: White Dragon vs Black Dragon* (2010), as Hakuryu
- *Hakuryu 8: Invasion of Roppongi* (2010), as Hakuryu
- *Yakuza Emblem Chapter 14* (2010), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10* (2009), Actor
- *Unification of Shura* (2009), Actor
- *Unification of Shura: Final Edition* (2009), Actor
- *Hakuryu 9: Arisa, That Woman...* (2009), as Hakuryu
- *千年の松 完結編* (2009), Actor
- *Yakuza Legacy* (2009), as Kuniyasu Makino
- *Hakuryu 7: Assassination Plan for Hakuryu* (2009), as Hakuryu
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9* (2009), Actor
- *Blackmail Ichidaiki: Chapter 2* (2009), Actor
- *Mô Hitotsu no Yanagawa-gumi: Mukuge no Hana* (2009), Actor
- *The Road to Sirius* (2008), as Shiro Asai
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8* (2008), Actor
- *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), as Ishihara — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-the-weird.md)
- *When It's At Night* (2008), series, as Danaka
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7* (2008), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6* (2008), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5* (2008), Actor
- *Blackmail Ichidaiki* (2008), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4* (2008), Actor
- *Hakuryu 6: Flame of Honor* (2008), as Hakuryu
- *Hakuryu 5: Ruler vs Dictator* (2008), as Hakuryu
- *Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3* (2007), Actor
- *Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2* (2007), Actor
- *True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan — Final Chapter* (2007), Actor
- *Yakuza no daimon* (2007), Actor
- *Black Belt* (2007), as Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara
- *Kaiji* (2007), series, as Tonegawa (voice), Theme Song Performance
- *True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan* (2007), Actor
- *Hakuryu 4: Red Carpet of Death* (2007), as Hakuryu
- *Hyeongje 2* (2007), Actor
- *True Record Dainihon Kikusuikai Soryuden* (2007), Actor
- *Hyeongje* (2007), Actor
- *白竜 シノギの報酬Ⅱ* (2007), Actor
- *Hakuryu 3: Ruthless Battle Royale* (2007), Actor
- *Hakuryu 2: Reward for Shinogi Chapter 2* (2006), as Hakuryu
- *Hakuryu: Reward for Shinogi 1st Chapter* (2006), as Hakuryu
- *Jitsuroku Shinsengumi 2* (2006), Actor
- *Shura Gaido-Attack on the Headquarters* (2006), Actor
- *Road to the Don Final* (2005), Actor
- *The Law of Killing* (2005), Actor
- *Road to the Don 24* (2005), Actor
- *True Account: The Higashi-gumi Conflict — The Smile of Enma* (2004), Actor
- *Road to the Don Gaiden White Tiger Conference* (2004), Actor
- *The Hokkaido Suikoden 484 Blues Legend: The Withered Rose* (2004), Actor
- *Shin Japan's Don 3: Ferocious Battle* (2004), Actor
- *Road to the Don 23* (2004), Actor
- *HEAT -Incandescence- PART II* (2004), as Ishikura
- *Rockers* (2003), Actor
- *Road to the Don 22* (2003), Actor
- *Road to the Don Theatrical Version* (2003), Actor
- *True Record: The Life of Masahisa Takenaka Raging Lion Second Part* (2003), as Masao Sugata
- *True Record: The Life of Masahisa Takenaka Raging Lion First Part* (2003), as Masao Sugata
- *実録　柳川組外伝　死神　立川康太郎の日本侵攻作戦* (2003), Actor
- *The Yakuza Constitution: Expulsion for Running a Deficit* (2003), Actor
- *True Account: Kyushu Yakuza Chronicles* (2003), Actor
- *True Account: The Last Gurentai* (2002), Actor
- *AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo* (2002), series, Actor
- *Yakuza Jihad 3* (2002), Actor
- *Yakuza Jihad 2* (2002), Actor
- *Yakuza Jihad* (2002), Actor
- *KT* (2002), Actor
- *Legend of the Chivalrous Outlaw: The Path of the Supreme King* (2002), Actor
- *Road to the Don 21* (2002), Actor
- *Road to the Don 20* (2002), Actor
- *Dragon King: The Beasts' Code* (2002), Actor
- *The Legend of the Ando Family: The Road to Hell* (2001), as Genji Sokabe
- *Agitator* (2001), as Numata
- *The Murder Corps* (2001), Actor
- *Road to the Don 19* (2001), Actor
- *Yakuza Wives’ Code of Honor: Dance of the Demon* (2001), Actor
- *Road to the Don 18* (2001), Actor
- *The Secret of Quarrel Breakthrough Number* (2001), as Minakata Kenji
- *Road to the Don 17* (2001), Actor
- *Drowning Fish* (2001), Actor
- *Road to the Don 16* (2001), Actor
- *King of Sha-kin 8* (2001), Actor
- *Road to the Don 15* (2001), Actor
- *Fighting Knife Yoshi 2* (2000), Actor
- *Fighting Knife Yoshi* (2000), Actor
- *Road to the Don 14* (2000), Actor
- *The Moon* (2000), Actor
- *Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5* (2000), Actor
- *Road to the Don 13* (2000), Actor
- *Road to the Don 12* (2000), Actor
- *Black Jack* (2000), as Shuichi Shiraki
- *Road to the Don 11* (2000), as Toshihide Ochi
- *Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4* (2000), Actor
- *Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest* (2000), Actor
- *Road to the Don 10* (2000), Actor
- *Yakuza Ladies: I Want You Dead* (1999), Actor
- *Wild Criminal* (1999), as Ito
- *Jingi 19: Killing Army* (1999), Actor
- *Road to the Don 8* (1999), Actor
- *Organized Violence: Blood for Blood 2* (1999), Actor
- *Road to the Don 7* (1999), Actor
- *Road to the Don 6* (1999), Actor
- *Organized Violence: Blood for Blood* (1999), Actor
- *Give It All* (1998), as Kensaku Shinomura
- *Hageshii Kisetsu* (1998), as 吉澤鉄也
- *Bai-Long* (1998), as Tatsuya Shirakawa
- *Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2* (1998), Actor
- *The Outer Way* (1998), as Himuro
- *Road to the Don 5* (1998), Actor
- *Road to the Don 4* (1998), Actor
- *Flames: Yakuza Picture of Hell* (1998), Actor
- *Road to the Don 3* (1998), Actor
- *Road to the Don 2* (1998), Actor
- *Blood* (1998), Actor
- *Road to the Don* (1998), Actor
- *Naniwa Chūshingura* (1997), Actor
- *Fireworks* (1997), as Yakuza Hitman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/fireworks.md)
- *Miman City* (1997), series, as Shibazaki
- *Shura ga Yuku 4* (1997), Actor
- *Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface* (1997), Actor
- *The Rules of a Gangster* (1996), Actor
- *Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf* (1996), Actor
- *Jinrai: The Boss's Ransom* (1996), Actor
- *Seraphim Night* (1996), as Tatsuo Yamamoto
- *Mitabi no kaikyô* (1995), Actor
- *Carnival of Wolves* (1995), as Simon
- *XX: Beautiful Beast* (1995), as Ho
- *Will You Die in the Chinpira Dream Chara!* (1995), Actor
- *New Book of the Waru 5: Conclusion* (1995), Actor
- *Getting Any?* (1995), as Audition Judge
- *Toryu-den* (1995), Actor
- *Toryu-den 2* (1995), Actor
- *Emperor of Evil* (1994), as Murai
- *Great Edo Fleeting Life Bath Story* (1994), Actor
- *Shinjuku Outlaw* (1994), Actor
- *Like a Rolling Stone* (1994), Actor
- *Kiriko* (1994), Actor
- *The Tropical People* (1994), Actor
- *Can you collect it? Complete* (1994), Actor
- *Mad Dog* (1994), Actor
- *New Book of the Waru 4: Decision* (1994), Actor
- *New Book of the Waru 3: Passion* (1993), Actor
- *Singapore Sling* (1993), Actor
- *New Book of the Waru 2: Challenge* (1993), Actor
- *Can you collect it? 2* (1993), Actor
- *Maohgai* (1993), Actor
- *The Wicked Reporter* (1993), Actor
- *Human Scramble: Delinquent* (1993), Actor
- *New Book of the Waru: Resurrection* (1993), Actor
- *The Ladies Pachinko Graffiti* (1992), Actor
- *Can You Collect It?* (1992), Actor
- *Midwinter Camellia* (1992), Actor
- *STREET KIDS: Bousou Gishiki* (1992), Actor
- *A Legend of Turmoil* (1992), as Toshiyuki Sano
- *The Tusk of Evil* (1991), Actor
- *Let's Shoot Ridiculously* (1991), Actor
- *Heat Wave* (1991), as Iwazo Otaki
- *Summer of the Lion Kings* (1991), as Masateru Hashimoto
- *The Most Suitable Profession for Women* (1990), as Kazuhiko Nosaka
- *Jailbreak Mountains* (1990), Actor
- *Violent Cop* (1989), as Kiyohiro
- *Cabaret* (1986), Actor
- *水曜ドラマスペシャル* (1984), series, Actor
- *Someday, Someone Will Be Killed* (1984), as Cho
- *Bridge*, Actor
- *Hakuryu*, Actor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/hakuryu
