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Ryo Ishibashi

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. Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children.
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Movies Starring Ryo Ishibashi

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Audition
Audition
Directed By: Takashi Miike
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi , Eihi Shiina , Tetsu Sawaki , Jun Kunimura , Renji Ishibashi
DVD Release Date: 2002
MPAA Rating: Rated: Unrated

If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike's jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it's t... more information, reviews and movie clips of Audition
Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
Directed By: Takashi Miike
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi , Eihi Shiina , Tetsu Sawaki , Jun Kunimura , Renji Ishibashi
DVD Release Date: 2005
MPAA Rating: Rated: Unrated

If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike's jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it's t... more information, reviews and movie clips of Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
Danger After Dark Collection (Suicide Club/ Moon Child/ 2LDK)
Danger After Dark Collection (Suicide Club/ Moon Child/ 2LDK)
Directed By: Yukihiko Tsutsumi; Takahisa Zeze; Sion Sono
Starring: Maho Nonami; Daisuke Kizaki; Eiko Koike; Hideto Takarai; Gackt Camui; Lee-Hom Wang; Taro Yamamoto; Susumu Terajima; Zeny Kwok; Seiji Chihara; KôJi Chihara; Yosh; James H. Thomas; Anne Suzuki; Ryo Ishibashi; Etsushi Toyokawa; You Kurosaki; Kanata Hongã´; Akaji Maro
DVD Release Date: 2006
MPAA Rating: Rated: Unrated

Loaded with blood and mayhem the first collection from Danger After Dark is a trio of action-packed cult-favorites from Japan. In Suicide Club a wave of unexplained suicides sweeps across Tokyo after 54 smiling girls join hands and throw themselves in front of an oncoming train. Meanwhile Japanese p... more information, reviews and movie clips of Danger After Dark Collection (Suicide Club/ Moon Child/ 2LDK)
Gemini
Gemini
Directed By: Shinya Tsukamoto
Starring: Masahiro Motoki , Ryô , Yasutaka Tsutsui , Shiho Fujimura , Tadanobu Asano
DVD Release Date: 2006
MPAA Rating: Rated: Unrated

A startling vision of horror and passion from the director of Tetsuo the Iron Man and A Snake of June! Yukio (Shall We Dance's Masahiro Motoki) enjoys a seemingly successful life with his family including a beautiful but fragile wife whom he met under strange circumstances by a river. However everyt... more information, reviews and movie clips of Gemini
Gozu
Gozu
Directed By: Takashi Miike
Starring: Shohei Hino , Ryo Ishibashi , Kimika Yoshino , Sho Aikawa , Harumi Sone
DVD Release Date: 2004
MPAA Rating: Rated: R (Restricted)

From the acclaimed director, Takashi Miike, comes a Yakuza/horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere! When Minami is sent to kill his mentor, Ozaki, who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon that only the director of such films as... more information, reviews and movie clips of Gozu
The Grudge
The Grudge
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar , Jason Behr , William Mapother , Clea Duvall , Kadee Strickland
DVD Release Date: 2005
MPAA Rating: Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

From filmmaker Sam Raimi (Spider-Man? Army of Darkness) and acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Shimizu comes a terrifying tale of horror in the tradition of The Ring and 28 Days Later. Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV s Buffy The Vampire Slayer ) stars as an American nurse who has come to work in Tokyo. F... more information, reviews and movie clips of The Grudge
The Grudge (Unrated Director's Cut)
The Grudge (Unrated Director's Cut)
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu , Tetsu Maeda
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar , Jason Behr , William Mapother , Clea Duvall , Kadee Strickland
DVD Release Date: 2005
MPAA Rating: Rated: Unrated

It's not the scary hit that The Ring was in 2002, but The Grudge makes a similarly convincing case for American remakes of popular Japanese horror films. Barely a year passed between the release of Takashi Shimizu's creepy ghost story Ju-On: The Grudge and the production of this... more information, reviews and movie clips of The Grudge (Unrated Director's Cut)
The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar , Amber Tamblyn , Arielle Kebbel , Edison Chen , Sarah Roemer
DVD Release Date: 2007
MPAA Rating: Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

The Grudge 2 is a spooky installment in Takashi Shimizu's hardworking Ju-on/Grudge series of horror pictures. It doesn't carry the disorienting thrill of the very first Japanese Ju-on features, but it's a lot creepier than anybody could have expected. The story picks up from the... more information, reviews and movie clips of The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2 (Unrated Director's Cut)
The Grudge 2 (Unrated Director's Cut)
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar , Amber Tamblyn , Arielle Kebbel , Edison Chen , Sarah Roemer
DVD Release Date: 2007
MPAA Rating: Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

The Grudge 2 is a spooky installment in Takashi Shimizu's hardworking Ju-on/Grudge series of horror pictures. It doesn't carry the disorienting thrill of the very first Japanese Ju-on features, but it's a lot creepier than anybody could have expected. The story picks up from the... more information, reviews and movie clips of The Grudge 2 (Unrated Director's Cut)
The Grudge DVD / The Grudge UMD
The Grudge DVD / The Grudge UMD
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar , Jason Behr , William Mapother , Clea Duvall , Kadee Strickland
DVD Release Date: 2006
MPAA Rating: Rated: Unrated

It's not the scary hit that The Ring was in 2002, but The Grudge makes a similarly convincing case for American remakes of popular Japanese horror films. Barely a year passed between the release of Takashi Shimizu's creepy ghost story Ju-On: The Grudge and the production of this... more information, reviews and movie clips of The Grudge DVD / The Grudge UMD