Ryo Ishibashi
Known For
Acting
Born
1956-07-20 in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
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.
Most Known For
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Norio Mikumo
The Naked Director
as Ikezawa
War
as Shiro Yanagawa
g@me.
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
as Shogo Dojima
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
The Grudge
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Audition
as Shigeharu Aoyama
Okane ga Nai!
Modern Love Tokyo
as Kosuke Hayami
Aiki
as Masatsugu Hiraishi
Haru and Natsu
as Unno Commander
Wonderful Single Life
as Toru Higuchi
Involvement in Family Affairs
as Keiichi Miyama
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Kinzō Daidōji
The Grudge 2
as Det. Hideto Nakagawa
MONSTER
Brother
as Ishihara
Rondo
as Yoshihiko Isaki
Box: The Hakamada Case
as Police officer Tatematsu