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Ryo Ishibashi
Born: 20th Jul 1956 Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Dept: Acting
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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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 89
Film: 63 (71%)
Television: 26 (29%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Adventure, Documentary, Music, War, Animation
Filmography
Original title: 劇場版 トリリオンゲーム
2025
Haru Tennoji and Manabu "Gaku" Taira are once again on the move to earn 1 trillion dollars and get everything in the world. Haru Tennoji turns his att ... view
Character:
Wolf Lee
Original title: 雪子 a.k.a.
2025
Yukiko, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Tokyo, struggles with student communication and personal insecurities. Overlooked in the “Favorit ... view
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Oct 2024 (first aired)
Years after a mysterious event derailed her promising career, a brilliant lawyer finally joins a firm. But her unique approach to cases ruffles feathe ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Original title: Takashi Miike : le V-Empereur
2024
Takashi Miike is a cinema monster. Let's return to his filmography, his main themes, the framework of his monumental universe. ... view
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Archive Footage
Oct 2022 (first aired)
This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons a ... view
Character:
Kosuke Hayami (1 ep.)
Apr 2022 (first aired)
Sato, a young woman from a modest family, marries Kenta, a young man from a well-to-do and respected family. She settles in the family's home, where s ... view
Character:
Keiichi Miyama (12 ep.)
Original title: 恋する寄生虫
2021
A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatopho ... view
Character:
Yuichi
Original title: マスカレード・ナイト
2021
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the co ... view
Character:
Yasushi Fujiki
Original title: 哀愁しんでれら
2021
Fukuura Koharu works at a child welfare office and plunges into despair overnight. Then she meets Daigo, a private-practice doctor raising his 8-year- ... view
Character:
Masaaki Fukuura
Jan 2020 (first aired)
An Kazutaka is a young, bashful psychiatrist whose jazz piano skills are as good as a pro. Right after they have their first child, the Great Hanshin ... view
Character:
An Tekkei (4 ep.)
Original title: ダンシング・マリー
2019
Kenji is the youngest member of a team in charge of building a large shopping center. But, to create the new complex, an old dance floor must be destr ... view
Character:
Yakuza thug
Aug 2019 (first aired)
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts ... view
Character:
Ikezawa (2 ep.)
Original title: マスカレード・ホテル
2019
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff ... view
Character:
Yasushi Fujiki
Apr 2018 (first aired)
Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled. ... view
Character:
Sabe (12 ep.)
Nov 2016 (first aired)
Based on a novel by Jun Ioka, the Hulu series follows the relationship between Keisuke Okuyama, a brilliant attorney and his troubling client Tatsuya ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
The series depicts "Kyoto as Kyoto people love it" in dramas and documentaries. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 2014 (first aired)
In defiance to his superiors, a credit officer stands his ground in denying a grocery chain additional loans. Then the terrorist attacks begin. ... view
Character:
Chiharu Zaizen (5 ep.)
Apr 2014 (first aired)
Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to ... view
Character:
Shogo Dojima (11 ep.)
Mar 2013 (first aired)
One day, a suspicious-looking audio CD is delivered to Shiroyama Kyosuke, the company president of Hinode Beer, the industry’s top brewer. Shiroyama ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (7 ep.)
Oct 2012 (first aired)
"Kekkon Shinai" follows the lives of single people in their 30's and 40's. ... view
Character:
Toru Higuchi (11 ep.)
Original title: 逆転裁判
2012
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he striv ... view
Character:
Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Original title: ハラがコレなんで
2011
Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and ar ... view
Character:
Jiro
Original title: BOX 袴田事件 命とは
2010
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested f ... view
Character:
Police officer Tatematsu
Original title: さそり
2009
A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pendi ... view
Character:
Jyono
2009
A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary ... view
Character:
Kazuyuki Sawaki
Jan 2009 (first aired)
Kitajima Daichi has wanted to join the rescue squad and wear the same orange uniform ever since he was saved by them as a child. When the squad calls ... view
Character:
Serizawa Shinobu (9 ep.)
Original title: Inju : La Bête dans l'ombre
2008
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer S ... view
Character:
Ryuji Mogi
Original title: 世界で一番美しい夜
2008
Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as ... view
Character:
Kinichi Nihei
Original title: 蒼い瞳とニュアージュ
2007
Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist. ... view
Character:
Michihisa Suto
Original title: 犯人に告ぐ
2007
Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was subsequentl ... view
Character:
Yousuke Sone
2007
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up ye ... view
Character:
Shiro Yanagawa
Original title: 軍雞
2007
Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer. ... view
Character:
Principal Saeki
2007
Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situ ... view
Character:
Eiji Saito
Original title: 幸福
2006
The story of a vagrant who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair of sneakers, and a bag containing all his worldly p ... view
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2006
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong ... view
Character:
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
2006
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories. ... view
Character:
Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
Original title: 悪: 完結編
2006
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo. ... view
Character:
Original title: 悪 WARU
2006
A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to comba ... view
Character:
Original title: 46億年の恋
2006
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, th ... view
Character:
Warden Tsuchiya
Jan 2006 (first aired)
Japan and Korea's biggest names star in this big-scale drama. Nishijima Sho is a Japanese detective whose father was murdered in Korea when he was sti ... view
Character:
Yoshihiko Isaki (11 ep.)
Original title: 女王蜂
2006
The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written wor ... view
Character:
Kinzo Daidoji
Oct 2005 (first aired)
As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all c ... view
Character:
Unno Commander (5 ep.)
2004
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claimin ... view
Character:
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Original title: 最後の恋、初めての恋
2003
A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill. ... view
Character:
2003
A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the ... view
Character:
Original title: ムーンチャイルド
2003
Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's ... view
Character:
Inspector Lorry
Apr 2003 (first aired)
Eijiro Saito is a graduate of the prestigious Eidai Medical School and is sent to Eidai Hospital as a trainee doctor. There, under the supervision of ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
2002
When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club wi ... view
Character:
Masatsugu Hiraishi
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the fi ... view
Character:
Norio Mikumo (2 ep.)
Original title: ドッグ・スター
2002
A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained hi ... view
Character:
Original title: 自殺サークル
2001
When the bizarre mass suicide of 54 high school girls throwing themselves in front of a subway train appears to instigate a string of suicides around ... view
Character:
Detective Kuroda
Character:
2000
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his broth ... view
Character:
Ishihara
Original title: 殺し
2000
The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the sno ... view
Character:
Yuji Hamazaki
Original title: オーディション
2000
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position ... view
Character:
Shigeharu Aoyama
Original title: 松本清張スペシャル 中央流沙
1998
A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The prosecution arrested a local contractor on su ... view
Character:
Original title: 冷たい血
1997
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and res ... view
Character:
Detective Saga
Original title: 林檎のうさぎ
1997
About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him ... view
Character:
Character:
Original title: チンピラ
1996
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and strai ... view
Character:
Otani
1996
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by ... view
Character:
Koji
Original title: キッズ・リターン
1996
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, ... view
Character:
Local Yakuza Chief
Original title: 極道の妻たち 危険な賭け
1996
The wife of a recently deceased yakuza boss is caught in a conflict between the candidates for his succession and must protect her beloved daughter. 9 ... view
Character:
Original title: 新・悲しきヒットマン
1995
After serving ten years due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss, Tachibana enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went in. ... view
Character:
Takashi Tachibana
1995
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death. ... view
Character:
Jefferey
Original title: ナチュラル・ウーマン
1994
Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women. ... view
Character:
Jul 1994 (first aired)
Kentaro lives in the suburbs with his two little brothers. They are poor, but they are happy. The factory Kentaro works for, though, goes bankrupt on ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (12 ep.)
1994
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the ... view
Character:
Gan
1993
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza ... view
Character:
Shuji Sawamoto
Original title: 死神の使者 ＤＥAＴＨ ＭＥＳＳＥＮＧＥＲ
1991
A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge. ... view
Character:
Oct 1991 (first aired)
Office clerk Reiko is thrilled when her coworker boyfriend, Kenta, proposes marriage. She is excited to quit work and begin married life, but is sudde ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Original title: 張込み
1991
When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive marriage. ... view
Character:
Original title: Aサインデイズ
1989
During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With exhaust ... view
Character:
Sachio
Original title: 優駿 ORACIÓN
1988
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, ... view
Character:
Original title: ボクの女に手を出すな
1986
Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan h ... view
Character:
Kashima
Original title: ア・ホーマンス
1986
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley. ... view
Character:
Michio Yamazaki
Original title: ROCK is SEX さらば相棒
1982
Rachi has aspirations of becoming a punk rocker. But his tendency towards self-sabotage and a budding sexual addiction makes matters increasingly diff ... view
Character:
Rachi
Original title: FUTURE WAR 198X年
1982
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from bo ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)