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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-07-20 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

Ryo Ishibashi

Biography:

​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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

2022

Modern Love Tokyo as Kosuke Hayami

2021

2020

2019

Masquerade Hotel as Yasushi Fujiki
Dancing Mary as Yakuza thug

2018

Smoking as Sabe

2016

2014

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out as Shogo Dojima(堂島 正吾)
Stock Price Crash as Chiharu Zaizen

2013

2012

Ace Attorney as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Black Dawn as Shotaro Ariga
Wonderful Single Life as Toru Higuchi

2011

2010

Box: The Hakamada Case as Police officer Tatematsu

2009

Sasori as Jyono
MW as Kazuyuki Sawaki

2008

2007

War as Shiro Yanagawa
Shamo as Principal Saeki
Dream Cruise as Eiji Saito
The Investigation Game as Yousuke Sone
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage as Michihisa Suto

2006

Trapped Ashes as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
The Grudge 2 as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A as Warden Tsuchiya
Rondo as Yoshihiko Isaki

2005

2004

The Grudge as Det. Hideto Nakagawa

2003

Moon Child as Inspector Lorry
Beginner as Hiroya Nozaki(野佐木 恍也)

2002

Aiki as Masatsugu Hiraishi
Psycho Doctor as Kohei Kitamura

2001

2000

Brother as Ishihara
Audition as Shigeharu Aoyama
Film Noir as Yuji Hamazaki

1998

1997

1996

Kids Return as Local Yakuza Chief
Back to Back as Koji
Two Punks as Otani

1995

The Crossing Guard as Jefferey
Another Lonely Hitman as Takashi Tachibana

1994

1993

American Yakuza as Shuji Sawamoto

1991

1989

Via Okinawa as Sachio

1988

1986

A Homance as Michio Yamazaki

1982

Future War 198X as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)

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