Ryo Ishibashi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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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Acting
(2025)
(2021)
Parasite in Love
as Yuichi
(2021)
The Cinderella Addiction
as Masaaki Fukuura
(2021)
Masquerade Night
as Yasushi Fujiki
(2021)
(2019)
Masquerade Hotel
as Yasushi Fujiki
(2019)
Dancing Mary
as Yakuza thug
(2012)
Ace Attorney
as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
(2012)
Black Dawn
as Shotaro Ariga
(2011)
Mitsuko Delivers
as Jiro
(2010)
Box: The Hakamada Case
as Police officer Tatematsu
(2009)
Sasori
as Jyono
(2009)
MW
as Kazuyuki Sawaki
(2008)
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
as Ryuji Mogi
(2008)
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Kinichi Nihei
(2007)
War
as Shiro Yanagawa
(2007)
Shamo
as Principal Saeki
(2007)
Dream Cruise
as Eiji Saito
(2007)
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
as Michihisa Suto
(2007)
The Investigation Game
as Yousuke Sone
(2006)
The Grudge 2
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
(2006)
Trapped Ashes
as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
(2006)
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
as Warden Tsuchiya
(2006)
(2006)
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
as Kinzo Daidoji
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
(2004)
The Grudge
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
(2003)
(2003)
Moon Child
as Inspector Lorry
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
Aiki
as Masatsugu Hiraishi
(2001)
Suicide Club
as Detective Kuroda
(2001)
(2000)
Audition
as Shigeharu Aoyama
(2000)
Brother
as Ishihara
(2000)
Film Noir
as Yuji Hamazaki
(1998)
(1997)
An Obsession
as Detective Saga
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
Kids Return
as Local Yakuza Chief
(1996)
Back to Back
as Koji
(1996)
(1996)
Two Punks
as Otani
(1995)
The Crossing Guard
as Jefferey
(1995)
Another Lonely Hitman
as Takashi Tachibana
(1994)
Blue Tiger
as Gan
(1994)
(1993)
American Yakuza
as Shuji Sawamoto
(1991)
(1991)
(1989)
Via Okinawa
as Sachio
(1988)
(1986)
A Homance
as Michio Yamazaki
(1986)
Leave My Girl Alone
as Kashima
(1982)
Future War 198X
as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
(1982)
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
as Rachi