Ryo Ishibashi
Born July 20, 1956 in Fukuoka
Height 174cm (5.7ft)
AWARD
1986 “A Homance” Dir: Yusaku Matsuda
*won the 60th Kinema Junpo Awards for Best New Actor
*won the Best New Actor award at the Kumamoto Film Festival
1989 “A Sign Days” Dir: Yoichi Sai
*won the Best Actor Award at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival
1996 “Kids Return” Dir: Takeshi Kitano
*won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival
2002 “AIKI” Dir: Daisuke Tengan
*won the 12th Japan Movie Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
*won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 17th Takasaki Film Festival
*won the 27th Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Official member of SAG (Screen Actors’ Guild)
| 1979 | Boryoku Senshi | Dir: Teruo Ishii |
| 1982 | Saraba Aibo | Dir: Ryudo Uzaki |
| 1986 | A Homance | Dir: Yusaku Matsuda |
| 1986 | Leave My Girl Alone | Dir: Shun Nakahara |
| 1988 | Oracion | Dir: Shigemichi Sugita |
| 1989 | A Sign Days | Dir: Yoichi Sai |
| 1993 | Toei V-America: American Yakuza | Dir: Frank A. Cappello, Starring with: Viggo Mortensen |
| 1994 | Natural Woman | Dir: Hirohisa Sasaki |
| 1994 | Toei V-America: Blue Tiger | Dir: Norberto Barba, Starring with: Virginia Madsen |
| 1995 | Another Lonely Hitman | Dir: Rokuro Mochizuki |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard | Dir: Sean Penn |
| 1996 | Gokudo no Onna-Tachi: Kiken na Kake | Dir: Sadao Nakajima |
| 1996 | Kids Return | Dir: Takeshi Kitano |
| 1996 | Yakuza Trainee | Dir: Shinji Aoyama |
| 1996 | Toei V-America: Back to Back | Dir: Roger Nygard, Starring with: Michael Rooker |
| 1997 | Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars | Dir: Rokuro Mochizuki |
| 1997 | An Obsession | Dir: Shinji Aoyama |
| 2000 | Audition | Dir: Takashi Miike |
| 2000 | KOROSHI (Film Noir) | Dir: Masahiro Kobayashi |
| 2001 | BROTHER | Dir: Takeshi Kitano |
| 2002 | Suicide Club | Dir: Shion Sono |
| 2002 | Dog Star | Dir: Takahisa Zeze |
| 2002 | AIKI | Dir: Daisuke Tengan |
| 2003 | MOON CHILD | Dir: Takahisa Zeze |
| 2003 | Last Love First Love | Dir: Hisashi Toma |
| 2003 | G@me | Dir: Satoshi Isaka |
| 2004 | The Grudge | Dir: Takashi Shimizu |
| 2006 | WARU | Dir: Takashi Miike |
| 2006 | Big Bang Love, Juvenile A | Dir: Takashi Miike |
| 2006 | The Grudge 2 | Dir: Takashi Shimizu |
| 2007 | DREAM CRUISE | Dir: Norio Tsuruta |
| 2007 | TRAPPED ASHES | Dir: Sean S. Cunningham |
| 2007 | WAR (ROGUE ASSASSIN) | Dir: Philip G. Atwell Action Dir: Corey Yuen, Starring with: Jet Li, Jason Statham |
| 2007 | The Investigation Game | Dir: Tomoyuki Takimoto |
| 2008 | INJU | Dir: Barbet Schroeder |
| 2008 | Shamo | Dir: Pou-Soi Cheang |
| 2008 | Female Convict Scorpion | Dir: Joe Ma |
| 2008 | The Most Beautiful Night in the World | Dir: Daisuke Tengan |
| 2008 | Shiawase | Dir: Masahiro Kobayashi |
| 2009 | MW | Dir: Hitoshi Iwamoto |
| 2010 | BOX: Hakamada Case – What is the Life? ●Montreal World Film Festival – The World Competition category |
Dir: Banmei Takahashi |
| 2011 | Dendera | Dir: Daisuke Tengan |
| 2011 | Mitsuko Delivers ●Tokyo International Film Festival – Special Screenings |
Dir: Yuya Ishii |
| 2012 | Ace Attorney | Dir: Takashi Miike |
| 2012 | Black Dawn | Dir: Kentaro Horikirizono |
| 2014 | Twilight: Saya in Sasara | Dir: Yoshihiro Fukagawa |
| 2015 | Persona Non Grata | Dir: Cellin Gluck |