[3] He won the Japanese "best new actor" Blue Ribbon Award for his performance as the warlord Oda Nobunaga in Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha.
His other notable performances include Saburo Ichimonji in another Kurosawa epic, Ran, and the legendary yamabushi, Musashibo Benkei, in Sogo Ishii's critically acclaimed Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle.
In 'The Ginger Tree' (based on the novel by Oswald Wynd), Daisuke Ryu played Count Kentaro Kurihama.
Upon arrival at Taoyuan International Airport, he was stopped by immigration officials due to having an incomplete entry form.
Ryu, who was intoxicated at the time, engaged in an altercation with one of the officers, who sustained a fractured leg.