Ryo Ishibashi

Actor Jul 20 (age 69) Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan 1982–2025 (43 year career)

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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

Film

Audition

Shigeharu Aoyama

Film

War

Shiro Yanagawa

Film

The Grudge

Det. Hideto Nakagawa

Film

Brother

Ishihara

Film

Suicide Club

Detective Kuroda

Film

Kids Return

Local Yakuza Chief

Film

The Grudge 2

Det. Hideto Nakagawa

Film

The Crossing Guard

Jefferey

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (63)

Trillion Game

2025

as Wolf Lee

6.0

Yukiko a.k.a

2025

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor

2024

as Archive Footage

The Cinderella Addiction

as Masaaki Fukuura

心の傷を癒すということ劇場版

Masquerade Night

as Yasushi Fujiki

Parasite in Love

as Yuichi

Masquerade Hotel

as Yasushi Fujiki

Dancing Mary

as Yakuza thug

Ace Attorney

as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)

6.1

Mitsuko Delivers

2011

as Jiro

5.2

Box: The Hakamada Case

2010

as Police officer Tatematsu

MW -ムウ-

as Kazuyuki Sawaki

Sasori

as Jyono

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

2008

as Kinichi Nihei

5.6

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow

as Ryuji Mogi

War

as Shiro Yanagawa

Shamo

as Principal Saeki

Aoi Hitomi to Nuage

as Michihisa Suto

The Investigation Game

as Yousuke Sone

Dream Cruise

as Eiji Saito

The Grudge 2

as Det. Hideto Nakagawa

5.6

Trapped Ashes

2006

as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")

5.0

Waru: The End

2006

Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee

as Kinzo Daidoji

The Happiness

Waru

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

as Warden Tsuchiya

The Superdry Films

The Grudge

as Det. Hideto Nakagawa

5.9

g@me.

2003

6.7

Last Love, First Love

Moon Child

as Inspector Lorry

第三の時効

Aiki

as Masatsugu Hiraishi

4.3

Dog Star

2002

7.5

Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2

Suicide Club

as Detective Kuroda

Audition

as Shigeharu Aoyama

Brother

as Ishihara

Film Noir

as Yuji Hamazaki

The Central Quicksand

1998

Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality

An Obsession

as Detective Saga

Ringo no usagi

Kids Return

as Local Yakuza Chief

6.9

Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble

Back to Back

as Koji

Two Punks

as Otani

The Crossing Guard

as Jefferey

Another Lonely Hitman

as Takashi Tachibana

Blue Tiger

as Gan

Natural Woman

Level

American Yakuza

as Shuji Sawamoto

The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER

Harikomi

Via Okinawa

as Sachio

Oración

A Homance

as Michio Yamazaki

Leave My Girl Alone

as Kashima

Future War 198X

as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)

5.8

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex

1982

as Rachi

2.5

Television (26)

MONSTER

Modern Love Tokyo

as Kosuke Hayami

Involvement in Family Affairs

as Keiichi Miyama

To Heal the Heart

The Naked Director

as Ikezawa

Smoking

as Sabe

The Price

メガバンク最終決戦

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

2015

8.7

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out

2014

as Shogo Dojima

6.7

Stock Price Crash

2014

as Chiharu Zaizen

Lady Joker

2013

6.8

七つの会議

2013

as 北川誠

神様のボート

2013

as 모모이

Wonderful Single Life

2012

as Toru Higuchi

7.2

Perfect Report

2010

Rescue: Pride of Orange

as Serizawa Shinobu

Rondo

as Yoshihiko Isaki

Haru and Natsu

as Unno Commander

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

as Kinzō Daidōji

Beginner

as Hiroya Nozaki（野佐木恍也）

6.3

Say Hello to Black Jack

2003

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Norio Mikumo

Psycho Doctor

as Kohei Kitamura

Okane ga Nai!

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