List of the best Ryo Ishibashi movies: Audition(1999), Sasori(2008), MW(2009), Mitsuko Delivers(2011), American Yakuza(1993), Aiki(2002), Kids Return(1996), Brother(2000), Ace Attorney(2012), The Grudge(2004) ... ...
Horror
Japan
1999
113 Minutes
Shigeharu Aoyama
Ryo Ishibashi Eihi Shiina Tetsu Sawaki Jun Kunimura Renji Ishibashi Miyuki Matsuda Toshie Neghisi Ren Ôsugi Sigeru Saiki Ken Mitsuishi Yuriko Hirooka
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A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Action
Japan|Hong Kong
2008
101 Minutes
Jyono
Ryo Ishibashi Dylan Kuo Miki Mizuno Emme Wong Nana Natsume Sam Lee Siu-Lung Leung
A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pending marriage and landing the poor girl ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Japan
2009
129 Minutes
Kazuyuki Sawaki
Hiroshi Tamaki Takayuki Yamada Ryo Ishibashi Yuriko Ishida Ken Streutker Kazuaki Hankai Tôru Kazama Ikuji Nakamura Natsuki Obama Tôru Shinagawa
6 years ago, an incident occurred and all inhabitants on an island were killed. The truth to this incident was covered up overnight by the authorities. Everything was supposedly blown over ... See full summary »
Comedy
2011
109 Minutes
Jiro
Riisa Naka Aoi Nakamura Ryo Ishibashi Yukijiro Hotaru Yoshimasa Kondo Ryû Morioka Shiro Namiki Momoka Ohno Keiko Saito Miyoko Inagawa Miyako Takeuchi
Mitsuko is in the ninth month of her pregnancy and broke, so she moves back to the dilapidated neighborhood where she grew up. To make ends meet, she helps other residents -- one by one -- with their problems until she goes into labor.
Crime, Drama
USA
1993
92 Minutes
Shuji Sawamoto
Viggo Mortensen Michael Nouri Franklin Ajaye Ryo Ishibashi Robert Forster Nicky Katt John Fujioka Anzu Lawson Yuji Okumoto
An American FBI agent is lured away by the Japanese Mafia--the Yakuza--in this action film.
Drama
Japan
2002
119 Minutes
Masatsugu Hiraishi
Haruhiko Kato Rie Tomosaka Chiaki Hara Akiko Kinouchi Ryo Ishibashi Shôhei Hino Masahiro Kuwana Kansuke Shimizu Shiro Sano
A wheelchair-bound drop-out becomes a martial arts pupil.
Action
1996
104 Minutes
Local Yakuza Chief
Masanobu Andô Ken Kaneko Leo Morimoto Hatsuo Yamaya Mitsuko Oka Ryo Ishibashi Susumu Terajima Koichi Shigehisa Michisuke Kashiwaya Yûko Daike Atsuki Ueda
Two high-school friends find disappointment and failure as they pursue careers in the boxing ring and the mob.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Japan
2000
112 Minutes
Ishihara
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Claude Maki Omar Epps Masaya Katô Ren Ôsugi Susumu Terajima Ryo Ishibashi James Shigeta Tetsuya Watari Tatyana Ali Darryl M. Bell
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A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2012
135 Minutes
Gou Karuma
Takumi Saito Makoto Ayukawa Shunsuke Daitô Rei Dan Akira Emoto Takehiro Hira Ryo Ishibashi Fumiyo Kohinata Yuko Nakamura Hiroki Narimiya Mitsuki Tanimura
Phoenix Wright, a novice lawyer, defends clients against more-experienced lawyers and the best prosecutor of all time.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2004
90 Minutes
Det. Nakagawa
Sarah Michelle Gellar Jason Behr William Mapother Clea DuVall KaDee Strickland Grace Zabriskie Bill Pullman Rosa Blasi Ted Raimi Ryo Ishibashi Yôko Maki
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An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.