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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Yukiko a.k.a
2025
Yukiko, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Tokyo, struggles with student communication and personal insecurities. Overlooked in the “Favorite ...

Parasite in Love
2021
as Yuichi
A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatopho...

Masquerade Night
2021
as Yasushi Fujiki
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the co...

The Cinderella Addiction
2021
as Masaaki Fukuura
Fukuura Koharu works at a child welfare office and plunges into despair overnight. Then she meets Daigo, a private-practice doctor raising his 8-year-...

心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
2021

Dancing Mary
2019
as Yakuza thug
Kenji is the youngest member of a team in charge of building a large shopping center. But, to create the new complex, an old dance floor must be destr...

Masquerade Hotel
2019
as Yasushi Fujiki
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investiga...

Black Dawn
2012
as Shotaro Ariga
In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium f...

Ace Attorney
2012
as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he striv...

Mitsuko Delivers
2011
as Jiro
Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and ar...

Box: The Hakamada Case
2010
as Police officer Tatematsu
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested f...

Sasori
2009
as Jyono
A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pendi...

MW
2009
as Kazuyuki Sawaki
A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Te...

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
2008
as Ryuji Mogi
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer S...

The Most Beautiful Night In The World
2008
as Kinichi Nihei
Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as ...

Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
2007
as Michihisa Suto
Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.

The Investigation Game
2007
as Yousuke Sone
Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was subsequentl...

War
2007
as Shiro Yanagawa
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up ye...

Shamo
2007
as Principal Saeki
Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer.

Dream Cruise
2007
as Eiji Saito
Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situ...

The Happiness
2006
the story of a vagrant (Ishibashi) who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair of sneakers and a bag containing all hi...

The Grudge 2
2006
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong...

Trapped Ashes
2006
as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.

Waru: The End
2006
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.

Waru
2006
A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to comba...

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
as Warden Tsuchiya
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, th...

Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
2006
as Kinzo Daidoji
The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written wor...

The Superdry Films
2005
A Japanese Anthology

The Grudge
2004
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claimin...

Last Love, First Love
2003
A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill.

g@me.
2003
A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the...

Moon Child
2003
as Inspector Lorry
Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's ...

Aiki
2002
as Masatsugu Hiraishi
When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club wi...

Dog Star
2002
A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained hi...

Suicide Club
2001
as Detective Kuroda
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. ...

Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001
Straight to video sequel

Brother
2000
as Ishihara
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his broth...

Film Noir
2000
as Yuji Hamazaki
The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the sno...

Audition
2000
as Shigeharu Aoyama
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position...

The Central Quicksand
1998
A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The prosecution arrested a local contractor on su...

An Obsession
1997
as Detective Saga
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and res...

Ringo no usagi
1997
About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
1997
A yakuza search for his past

Two Punks
1996
as Otani
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and strai...

American Yakuza II
1996
as Koji
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by ...

Kids Return
1996
as Local Yakuza Chief
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer,...

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
1996
The wife of a recently deceased yakuza boss is caught in a conflict between the candidates for his succession and must protect her beloved daughter. 9...

Another Lonely Hitman
1995
as Takashi Tachibana
After serving ten years due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss, Tachibana enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went in....

The Crossing Guard
1995
as Jefferey
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.

Natural Woman
1994
Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women.

Blue Tiger
1994
as Gan
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the...

American Yakuza
1993
as Shuji Sawamoto
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza...

The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
1991
A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge.

Harikomi
1991
When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive marriage.

Via Okinawa
1989
as Sachio
During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With exhaust...

Oración
1988
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown,...

Leave My Girl Alone
1986
as Kashima
Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan h...

A Homance
1986
as Michio Yamazaki
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
1982
as Rachi
Rachi has aspirations of becoming a punk rocker. But his tendency towards self-sabotage and a budding sexual addiction makes matters increasingly diff...

Future War 198X
1982
as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from bo...

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