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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 20, 1956
Place of Birth
Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Also Known As
- Hideki Ishibashi
- Ryou Ishabashi
- Ryo Ishabashi
- Ryô Ishibashi
- 石橋凌
- 石桥凌
Ryo Ishibashi
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.2
Wolf Lee
Trillion Game the Movie
2025
0.0
Yukiko a.k.a
2025
7.2
MONSTER
2024
0.0
Archive Footage
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
2024
6.8
Kosuke Hayami
Modern Love Tokyo
2022
6.5
Keiichi Miyama
Involvement in Family Affairs
2022
6.8
Yuichi
Parasite in Love
2021
6.1
Yasushi Fujiki
Masquerade Night
2021
6.5
Masaaki Fukuura
The Cinderella Addiction
2021
0.0
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
2021
Credits
Trillion Game the Movie
as Wolf Lee
2025
6.2
Yukiko a.k.a
2025
0.0
MONSTER
2024
7.2
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
as Archive Footage
2024
0.0
Modern Love Tokyo
as Kosuke Hayami
2022
6.8
Involvement in Family Affairs
as Keiichi Miyama
2022
6.5
Parasite in Love
as Yuichi
2021
6.8
Masquerade Night
as Yasushi Fujiki
2021
6.1
The Cinderella Addiction
as Masaaki Fukuura
2021
6.5
心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
2021
0.0
To Heal the Heart
as An Tekkei
2020
0.0
Dancing Mary
as Yakuza thug
2019
6.8
The Naked Director
as Ikezawa
2019
7.3
Masquerade Hotel
as Yasushi Fujiki
2019
6.6
Smoking
as Sabe
2018
6.9
The Price
2016
10.0
メガバンク最終決戦
2016
0.0
Stock Price Crash
as Chiharu Zaizen
2014
0.0
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
as Shogo Dojima（堂島 正吾）
2014
6.7
七つの会議
as 北川誠
2013
0.0
神様のボート
as 모모이
2013
0.0
Lady Joker
2013
6.3
Wonderful Single Life
as Toru Higuchi
2012
7.2
Ace Attorney
as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
2012
6.1
Mitsuko Delivers
as Jiro
2011
5.2
Perfect Report
2010
0.0
Box: The Hakamada Case
as Police officer Tatematsu
2010
8.0
Sasori
as Jyono
2009
5.2
MW
as Kazuyuki Sawaki
2009
6.3
Rescue: Pride of Orange
2009
6.5
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
as Ryuji Mogi
2008
4.9
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
as Kinichi Nihei
2008
5.6
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
as Michihisa Suto
2007
6.5
The Investigation Game
as Yousuke Sone
2007
6.0
War
as Shiro Yanagawa
2007
6.4
Shamo
as Principal Saeki
2007
5.5
Dream Cruise
as Eiji Saito
2007
4.8
The Happiness
2006
0.0
The Grudge 2
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
2006
5.6
Trapped Ashes
as Head Monk (segment "Jibaku")
2006
5.0
Waru: The End
2006
0.0
Waru
2006
4.8
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
as Warden Tsuchiya
2006
6.4
Rondo
as Yoshihiko Isaki
2006
4.0
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
as Kinzo Daidoji
2006
6.0
Haru and Natsu
as Unno Commander
2005
7.8
The Superdry Films
2005
0.0
The Grudge
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
2004
5.9
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Kinzō Daidōji
2004
9.0
Last Love, First Love
2003
5.0
g@me.
2003
6.7
Beginner
as Hiroya Nozaki（野佐木 恍也）
2003
6.3
Moon Child
as Inspector Lorry
2003
5.7
Say Hello to Black Jack
2003
0.0
第三の時効
2003
0.0
Aiki
as Masatsugu Hiraishi
2002
4.3
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Norio Mikumo
2002
7.6
Psycho Doctor
as Kohei Kitamura
2002
7.7
Dog Star
2002
7.5
Suicide Club
as Detective Kuroda
2001
6.5
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001
0.0
Brother
as Ishihara
2000
7.1
Film Noir
as Yuji Hamazaki
2000
7.0
Audition
as Shigeharu Aoyama
2000
7.1
The Central Quicksand
1998
0.0
An Obsession
as Detective Saga
1997
6.0
Ringo no usagi
1997
0.0
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
1997
0.0
Two Punks
as Otani
1996
5.3
Back to Back
as Koji
1996
5.4
Kids Return
as Local Yakuza Chief
1996
6.9
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
1996
6.0
Another Lonely Hitman
as Takashi Tachibana
1995
5.2
The Crossing Guard
as Jefferey
1995
6.0
Natural Woman
1994
0.8
Level
1994
0.0
Okane ga Nai!
1994
5.0
Blue Tiger
as Gan
1994
5.0
American Yakuza
as Shuji Sawamoto
1993
5.7
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
1991
0.0
あしたがあるから
1991
0.0
Harikomi
1991
2.0
Via Okinawa
as Sachio
1989
6.5
Oración
1988
6.0
Leave My Girl Alone
as Kashima
1986
6.0
A Homance
as Michio Yamazaki
1986
7.2
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
as Rachi
1982
2.5
Future War 198X
as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
1982
5.8