Ryo Ishibashi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ryo Ishibashi (born July 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor and international celebrity. He is known around the world for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films Suicide Club and Audition. He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in The Grudge and The Grudge 2. Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Recently, Ishibashi has resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, Real Life in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film A-Hômansu in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity. He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days. Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryo Ishibashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Yukiko a.k.a as
- 2024 · MONSTER as
- 2022 · Modern Love Tokyo as Kosuke Hayami
- 2022 · Involvement in Family Affairs as Keiichi Miyama
- 2021 · Parasite in Love as Yuichi
- 2021 · Masquerade Night as Yasushi Fujiki
- 2021 · The Cinderella Addiction as Masaaki Fukuura
- 2021 · 心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版 as
- 2020 · To Heal the Heart as
- 2020 · To Heal the Heart as An Tekkei
- 2019 · Dancing Mary as Yakuza thug
- 2019 · The Naked Director as Ikezawa
- 2019 · Masquerade Hotel as Yasushi Fujiki
- 2018 · Smoking as Sabe
- 2016 · The Price as
- 2016 · メガバンク最終決戦 as
- 2014 · Stock Price Crash as Chiharu Zaizen
- 2014 · Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out as Shogo Dojima(堂島 正吾)
- 2013 · 神様のボート as 모모이
- 2013 · Lady Joker as
- 2012 · Wonderful Single Life as Toru Higuchi
- 2012 · Black Dawn as Shotaro Ariga
- 2012 · Ace Attorney as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
- 2011 · Mitsuko Delivers as Jiro
- 2010 · Perfect Report as
- 2010 · Box: The Hakamada Case as Police officer Tatematsu
- 2009 · Sasori as Jyono
- 2009 · MW as Kazuyuki Sawaki
- 2009 · Rescue: Pride of Orange as
- 2008 · Inju: The Beast in the Shadow as Ryuji Mogi
- 2008 · The Most Beautiful Night In The World as Kinichi Nihei
- 2007 · Aoi Hitomi to Nuage as Michihisa Suto
- 2007 · The Investigation Game as Yousuke Sone
- 2007 · War as Shiro Yanagawa
- 2007 · Shamo as Principal Saeki
- 2007 · Dream Cruise as Eiji Saito
- 2006 · The Happiness as
- 2006 · The Grudge 2 as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
- 2006 · Trapped Ashes as Head Monk
- 2006 · Waru: The End as
- 2006 · Waru as
- 2006 · Big Bang Love, Juvenile A as Warden Tsuchiya
- 2006 · Rondo as Yoshihiko Isaki
- 2006 · Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee as Kinzo Daidoji
- 2005 · Haru and Natsu as Unno Commander
- 2005 · The Superdry Films as
- 2004 · The Grudge as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
- 2004 · 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Kinzō Daidōji
- 2003 · Last Love, First Love as
- 2003 · g@me. as
- 2003 · Beginner as Hiroya Nozaki(野佐木 恍也)
- 2003 · Moon Child as Inspector Lorry
- 2002 · Aiki as Masatsugu Hiraishi
- 2002 · AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo as Norio Mikumo
- 2002 · Psycho Doctor as Kohei Kitamura
- 2002 · Dog Star as
- 2001 · Suicide Club as Detective Kuroda
- 2001 · Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 as
- 2000 · Brother as Ishihara
- 2000 · Film Noir as Yuji Hamazaki
- 2000 · Audition as Shigeharu Aoyama
- 1998 · The Central Quicksand as
- 1997 · An Obsession as Detective Saga
- 1997 · Ringo no usagi as
- 1997 · Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality as
- 1996 · Two Punks as Otani
- 1996 · Back to Back as Koji
- 1996 · Kids Return as Local Yakuza Chief
- 1996 · Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5 as
- 1995 · The Crossing Guard as Jefferey
- 1995 · Another Lonely Hitman as Takashi Tachibana
- 1994 · Natural Woman as
- 1994 · Okane ga Nai! as
- 1994 · Blue Tiger as Gan
- 1993 · American Yakuza as Shuji Sawamoto
- 1991 · The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER as
- 1991 · あしたがあるから as
- 1991 · Harikomi as
- 1989 · Via Okinawa as Sachio
- 1988 · Oración as
- 1986 · Leave My Girl Alone as Kashima
- 1986 · A Homance as Michio Yamazaki
- 1982 · So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex as Rachi
- 1982 · Future War 198X as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
- Future · 第三の時効 as