Ryo Ishibashi
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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
War (2007)
as Shiro
The Grudge (2004)
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Brother (2000)
as Ishihara
Audition (2000)
as Shigeharu Aoyama
The Grudge 2 (2006)
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
The Crossing Guard (1995)
as Jefferey
Kids Return (1996)
as Local Yakuza Chief
g@me. (2003)
Actor
Box: The Hakamada Case (2010)
as Police officer Tatematsu
Suicide Club (2001)
as Detective Kuroda
Two Punks (1996)
as Otani
Masquerade Hotel (2019)
as Yasushi Fujiki
Ace Attorney (2012)
as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Aiki (2002)
as Masatsugu Hiraishi
Masquerade Night (2021)
as Yasushi Fujiki
Back to Back (1996)
as Koji
Shamo (2007)
as Principal Saeki
Black Dawn (2012)
Actor
American Yakuza (1993)
as Shuji Sawamoto
Future War 198X (1982)
as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
Blue Tiger (1994)
as Gan
Trapped Ashes (2006)
as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
Moon Child (2003)
as Inspector Lorry
Sasamakura (2026)
as Tatsugorō Horikawa
Trillion Game (2025)
as Wolf Lee
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
as Ryuji Mogi
Film Noir (2000)
as Yuji Hamazaki
The Investigation Game (2007)
as Yousuke Sone
Sasori (2009)
as Jyono
Parasite in Love (2021)
as Yuichi
A Homance (1986)
as Michio Yamazaki
横山秀夫サスペンス「モノクロームの反転」 (2005)
Actor
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
as Warden Tsuchiya
The Cinderella Addiction (2021)
as Masaaki Fukuura
MW (2009)
as Kazuyuki Sawaki
Jinrai: The Boss's Ransom (1996)
Actor
Dancing Mary (2019)
as Yakuza thug
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage (2007)
as Michihisa Suto
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee (2006)
as Kinzo Daidoji
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble (1996)
Actor
The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)
as Kinichi Nihei
Dog Star (2002)
Actor
Via Okinawa (1989)
as Sachio
Natural Woman (1994)
Actor
An Obsession (1997)
as Detective Saga
Waru: The End (2006)
Actor
Last Love, First Love (2003)
Actor
Waru (2006)
as Sakuragi
Harikomi (1991)
Actor
Dream Cruise (2007)
as Eiji Saito
Yukiko a.k.a (2025)
Actor
Leave My Girl Alone (1986)
as Kashima
Mitsuko Delivers (2011)
as Jiro
Ringo no usagi (1997)
Actor
Another Lonely Hitman (1995)
as Takashi Tachibana
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 (2001)
Actor
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality (1997)
Actor
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版 (2021)
Actor
第三の時効 (2003)
Actor
The Happiness (2006)
Actor
Level (1994)
Actor
The Central Quicksand (1998)
Actor
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER (1991)
Actor
Oración (1988)
Actor
The Superdry Films (2005)
Actor
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor (2024)
as Archive Footage
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (1982)
as Rachi