Ryo Ishibashi
| Ryo Ishibashi | |
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| Born | July 20, 1956 Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Mieko Harada (1987–present) |
Ryo Ishibashi (石橋 凌 Ishibashi Ryō, 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.1
Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children.
Filmography
- A Homansu (1986)
- A Sign Days (1989)
- American Yakuza (1993)
- Blue Tiger (1994)
- Narural Woman (1994)
- Back to Back (1996)
- Kids Return (1996)
- Audition (1999)
- Brother (2000)
- Suicide Club (2002)
- Moon Child (2003)
- The Grudge (2004)
- The Grudge 2 (2006)
- Shamo (2007)
- War (2007)
- Gyakuten Saiban (2012)
References
- ^ "第11回ヨコハマ映画祭 1989年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
External links
- Ryo Ishibashi at the Internet Movie Database
- Ryo Ishibashi Official Website
- Ryo Ishiabshi Official Website
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