Ryo Ishibashi
Acting • Born 1956-07-20
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryo Ishibashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
89 credits
Brother
Movie • 2000
Ishihara
The Grudge
Movie • 2004
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
War
Movie • 2007
Shiro Yanagawa
Harikomi
Movie • 1991
Audition
Movie • 2000
Shigeharu Aoyama
Sasori
Movie • 2009
Jyono
The Crossing Guard
Movie • 1995
Jefferey
Kids Return
Movie • 1996
Local Yakuza Chief
Suicide Club
Movie • 2001
Detective Kuroda
Shamo
Movie • 2007
Principal Saeki
Trapped Ashes
Movie • 2006
Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
Blue Tiger
Movie • 1994
Gan
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
Movie • 1991
第三の時効
Movie • 2003
Box: The Hakamada Case
Movie • 2010
Police officer Tatematsu
Back to Back
Movie • 1996
Koji
The Superdry Films
Movie • 2005
Ace Attorney
Movie • 2012
Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Movie • 2001
Another Lonely Hitman
Movie • 1995
Takashi Tachibana
Film Noir
Movie • 2000
Yuji Hamazaki
Aiki
Movie • 2002
Masatsugu Hiraishi
Masquerade Night
Movie • 2021
Yasushi Fujiki
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
Movie • 2021
An Obsession
Movie • 1997
Detective Saga
Dog Star
Movie • 2002
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Movie • 2008
Kinichi Nihei
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
Movie • 1997
Mitsuko Delivers
Movie • 2011
Jiro
g@me.
Movie • 2003
Ringo no usagi
Movie • 1997
The Happiness
Movie • 2006
Moon Child
Movie • 2003
Inspector Lorry
Dream Cruise
Movie • 2007
Eiji Saito
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Movie • 2008
Ryuji Mogi
Last Love, First Love
Movie • 2003
MW
Movie • 2009
Kazuyuki Sawaki
Two Punks
Movie • 1996
Otani
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Movie • 2006
Kinzo Daidoji
The Grudge 2
Movie • 2006
Det. Hideto Nakagawa
The Investigation Game
Movie • 2007
Yousuke Sone
A Homance
Movie • 1986
Michio Yamazaki
American Yakuza
Movie • 1993
Shuji Sawamoto
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
Movie • 1996
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Movie • 2007
Michihisa Suto
Via Okinawa
Movie • 1989
Sachio
Natural Woman
Movie • 1994
Masquerade Hotel
Movie • 2019
Yasushi Fujiki
Waru
Movie • 2006
Waru: The End
Movie • 2006
Leave My Girl Alone
Movie • 1986
Kashima
Oración
Movie • 1988
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Movie • 2006
Warden Tsuchiya
The Cinderella Addiction
Movie • 2021
Masaaki Fukuura
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
Movie • 1982
Rachi
Dancing Mary
Movie • 2019
Yakuza thug
The Central Quicksand
Movie • 1998
Parasite in Love
Movie • 2021
Yuichi
Future War 198X
Movie • 1982
Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
Yukiko a.k.a
Movie • 2025
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
Movie • 2024
Archive Footage
Trillion Game
Movie • 2025
Wolf Lee
Level
Movie • 1994
Haru and Natsu
TV • 2005
Unno Commander
Wonderful Single Life
TV • 2012
Toru Higuchi
Perfect Report
TV • 2010
The Price
TV • 2016
Lady Joker
TV • 2013
Rescue: Pride of Orange
TV • 2009
Serizawa Shinobu
Involvement in Family Affairs
TV • 2022
Keiichi Miyama
Beginner
TV • 2003
Hiroya Nozaki（野佐木 恍也）
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
TV • 2014
Shogo Dojima
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV • 2002
Norio Mikumo
Rondo
TV • 2006
Yoshihiko Isaki
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
TV • 2004
Kinzō Daidōji
Okane ga Nai!
TV • 1994
Modern Love Tokyo
TV • 2022
Kosuke Hayami
Smoking
TV • 2018
Sabe
Stock Price Crash
TV • 2014
Chiharu Zaizen
The Naked Director
TV • 2019
Ikezawa
Psycho Doctor
TV • 2002
Kohei Kitamura
メガバンク最終決戦
TV • 2016
To Heal the Heart
TV • 2020
An Tekkei
神様のボート
TV • 2013
모모이
あしたがあるから
TV • 1991
MONSTER
TV • 2024
七つの会議
TV • 2013
北川誠
Say Hello to Black Jack
TV • 2003
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
TV • 2015