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: Acting

Born: Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, 1956-07-20

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Future War 198X	Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)	58
2	1982	So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex	Rachi	15
3	1986	A Homance	Michio Yamazaki	72
4	1986	Leave My Girl Alone	Kashima	60
5	1988	Oración		60
6	1989	Via Okinawa	Sachio	65
7	1991	Harikomi		20
8	1991	The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER		0
9	1993	American Yakuza	Shuji Sawamoto	56
10	1994	Blue Tiger	Gan	49
11	1994	Natural Woman		8
12	1995	The Crossing Guard	Jefferey	60
13	1995	Another Lonely Hitman	Takashi Tachibana	58
14	1996	Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble		60
15	1996	Kids Return	Local Yakuza Chief	69
16	1996	American Yakuza II	Koji	54
17	1996	Two Punks	Otani	53
18	1997	Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality		0
19	1997	Ringo no usagi		0
20	1997	An Obsession	Detective Saga	60
21	1998	The Central Quicksand		0
22	2000	Audition	Shigeharu Aoyama	71
23	2000	Film Noir	Yuji Hamazaki	70
24	2000	Brother	Ishihara	71
25	2001	Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2		0
26	2001	Suicide Club	Detective Kuroda	65
27	2002	Dog Star		75
28	2002	Aiki	Masatsugu Hiraishi	43
29	2003	Moon Child	Inspector Lorry	55
30	2003	g@me.		67
31	2003	Last Love, First Love		45
32	2004	The Grudge	Det. Hideto Nakagawa	59
33	2005	The Superdry Films		0
34	2006	Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee	Kinzo Daidoji	60
35	2006	Big Bang Love, Juvenile A	Warden Tsuchiya	65
36	2006	Waru		48
37	2006	Waru: The End		0
38	2006	Trapped Ashes	Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")	50
39	2006	The Grudge 2	Det. Hideto Nakagawa	55
40	2006	The Happiness		0
41	2007	Dream Cruise	Eiji Saito	48
42	2007	Shamo	Principal Saeki	54
43	2007	War	Shiro Yanagawa	64
44	2007	The Investigation Game	Yousuke Sone	60
45	2007	Aoi Hitomi to Nuage	Michihisa Suto	65
46	2008	The Most Beautiful Night In The World	Kinichi Nihei	61
47	2009	Sasori	Jyono	52
48		第三の時効		0
49	2008	Inju: The Beast in the Shadow	Ryuji Mogi	50
50	2009	MW	Kazuyuki Sawaki	63
51	2010	Box: The Hakamada Case	Police officer Tatematsu	80
52	2011	Mitsuko Delivers	Jiro	52
53	2012	Ace Attorney	Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)	61
54	2012	Black Dawn	Shotaro Ariga	71
55	2019	Masquerade Hotel	Yasushi Fujiki	68
56	2019	Dancing Mary	Yakuza thug	68
57	2021	心の傷を癒すということ劇場版		0
58	2021	The Cinderella Addiction	Masaaki Fukuura	65
59	2021	Masquerade Night	Yasushi Fujiki	64
60	2021	Parasite in Love	Yuichi	69
61	2025	Yukiko a.k.a		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1991	あしたがあるから		0
2	1994	Okane ga Nai!		50
3	2002	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo	Norio Mikumo	79
4	2002	Psycho Doctor	Kohei Kitamura	77
5	2003	Beginner	Hiroya Nozaki（野佐木恍也）	63
6	2004	稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ	Kinzō Daidōji	90
7	2005	Haru and Natsu	Unno Commander	78
8	2006	Rondo	Yoshihiko Isaki	40
9	2009	Rescue: Pride of Orange		65
10	2010	Perfect Report		0
11	2012	Wonderful Single Life	Toru Higuchi	72
12	2013	Lady Joker		63
13	2013	神様のボート	모모이	0
14	2014	Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out	Shogo Dojima（堂島正吾）	67
15	2014	Stock Price Crash	Chiharu Zaizen	0
16	2016	メガバンク最終決戦		0
17	2016	The Price		100
18	2018	Smoking	Sabe	69
19	2019	The Naked Director	Ikezawa	73
20	2020	To Heal the Heart	An Tekkei	0
21	2022	Involvement in Family Affairs	Keiichi Miyama	65
22	2022	Modern Love Tokyo	Kosuke Hayami	68
23	2024	MONSTER		72

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