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Daisuke Ryu



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  • RAN
  • RAN review by GraftheGreatest from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Classic Last Shout for Kurosawa 19 September 2004
    ... his land between his 3 sonsToro (Akira Terao), Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu) & Saburo (Daisuke Ryu), with the elder receiving the greater portion. Saburo sees the stupidity & fol...   Read customer review

Daisuke Ryu - filmography


  • Gojoe on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tadanobu Asano,  Masatoshi Nagase,  Daisuke Ryu
    Director: Sogo Ishii
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An extravagant adventure fantasy in the samurai tradition, 'Gojoe' is a special effects-filled joyride with that increasingly anomalous trait: a thoughtful story. Benkei is a former warrior who has become a Buddhist monk, but when the GoJoe Bridge turns into the scene of a massacre, with an unknown ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 848 members
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  • RAN - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai,  Mieko Harada,  Akira Terao
    Director: Akira Kurosawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    For his 27th film, the 'sensei' of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa, transposes Shakespeare's KING LEAR to feudal Japan. RAN, which translates as 'chaos' or 'turmoil', is the tragic tale of Lord Hidetora, a warlord who decides to divide his empire among his three sons on the eve of his 70th birthday...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 426 members
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  • RAN - HD (1985)
    Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai,  Mieko Harada,  Akira Terao
    Director: Akira Kurosawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    For his 27th film, the 'sensei' of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa, transposes Shakespeare's KING LEAR to feudal Japan. RAN, which translates as 'chaos' or 'turmoil', is the tragic tale of Lord Hidetora, a warlord who decides to divide his empire among his three sons on the eve of his 70th birthday...read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 52 members
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  • RAN on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai,  Mieko Harada,  Akira Terao
    Director: Akira Kurosawa
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    For his 27th film, the 'sensei' of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa, transposes Shakespeare's KING LEAR to feudal Japan. RAN, which translates as 'chaos' or 'turmoil', is the tragic tale of Lord Hidetora, a warlord who decides to divide his empire among his three sons on the eve of his 70th birthday...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6,327 members
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  • Kagemusha on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai,  Kenichi Hagiwara,  Takashi Shimura
    Director: Akira Kurosawa
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outside Japan exceeded his esteem at home. As uncompromising as ever, he found considerable difficulty securing backing for his ambitious projects. Unsure ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,062 members
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Daisuke Ryu facts

5 most recent films

Gojoe - 2.5 stars
RAN - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
RAN - HD - 4.0 stars
RAN - 3.5 stars
Kagemusha - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

RAN - HD - 4.0 stars
RAN - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
RAN - 3.5 stars
Kagemusha - 3.5 stars
Gojoe - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Gojoe - 2.5 stars
Kagemusha - 3.5 stars
RAN - 3.5 stars
RAN - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
RAN - HD - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tatsuya Nakadai - 5 times - show films
Mieko Harada - 4 times - show films
Yoshiko Miyazaki - 4 times - show films
Akira Terao - 4 times - show films
Jinpachi Nezu - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Akira Kurosawa - 7 times - show films
Sogo Ishii - 1 times - show films