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.
Brother
(Ishihara)
The Grudge
(Det. Hideto Nakagawa)
War
(Shiro Yanagawa)
Harikomi
Audition
(Shigeharu Aoyama)
Sasori
(Jyono)
The Crossing Guard
(Jefferey)
Kids Return
(Local Yakuza Chief)
Suicide Club
(Detective Kuroda)
Shamo
(Principal Saeki)
Trapped Ashes
(Head Monk)
Blue Tiger
(Gan)
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
第三の時効
Box: The Hakamada Case
(Police officer Tatematsu)
Back to Back
(Koji)
The Superdry Films
Ace Attorney
(Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma))
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Another Lonely Hitman
(Takashi Tachibana)
Film Noir
(Yuji Hamazaki)
Aiki
(Masatsugu Hiraishi)
Masquerade Night
(Yasushi Fujiki)
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
An Obsession
(Detective Saga)
Dog Star
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
(Kinichi Nihei)
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
Mitsuko Delivers
(Jiro)
g@me.
Ringo no usagi
The Happiness
Moon Child
(Inspector Lorry)
Dream Cruise
(Eiji Saito)
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
(Ryuji Mogi)
Last Love, First Love
MW
(Kazuyuki Sawaki)
Two Punks
(Otani)
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
(Kinzo Daidoji)
The Grudge 2
(Det. Hideto Nakagawa)
Black Dawn
(Shotaro Ariga)
The Investigation Game
(Yousuke Sone)
A Homance
(Michio Yamazaki)
American Yakuza
(Shuji Sawamoto)
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
(Michihisa Suto)
Via Okinawa
(Sachio)
Natural Woman
Masquerade Hotel
(Yasushi Fujiki)
Waru
Waru: The End
Leave My Girl Alone
(Kashima)
Oración
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
(Warden Tsuchiya)
The Cinderella Addiction
(Masaaki Fukuura)
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
(Rachi)
Dancing Mary
(Yakuza thug)
The Central Quicksand
Parasite in Love
(Yuichi)
Future War 198X
(Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice))
Yukiko a.k.a
Haru and Natsu
(Unno Commander)
Wonderful Single Life
(Toru Higuchi)
Perfect Report
The Price
To Heal the Heart
Lady Joker
Rescue: Pride of Orange
Involvement in Family Affairs
(Keiichi Miyama)
Beginner
(Hiroya Nozaki(野佐木 恍也))
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
(Shogo Dojima(堂島 正吾))
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
(Norio Mikumo)
Rondo
(Yoshihiko Isaki)
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
(Kinzō Daidōji)
Okane ga Nai!
Modern Love Tokyo
(Kosuke Hayami)
Smoking
(Sabe)
Stock Price Crash
(Chiharu Zaizen)
The Naked Director
(Ikezawa)
Psycho Doctor
(Kohei Kitamura)
メガバンク最終決戦
To Heal the Heart
(An Tekkei)
神様のボート
(모모이)
あしたがあるから