Portrait of Ryo Ishibashi

Acting

Ryo Ishibashi

Career

Active from 1982 to 2024, busiest in 2007 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Kids Return
Kids Return
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ryo Ishibashi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Nostalgia
    2.6, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Gritty Realism 4
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Japanese Horror 3
  • Dark & Disturbing 3
  • Action Thriller 3
  • Gang Warfare 3
  • Character Study 2
  • Japanese Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles · average score 64
A Moonlight Nights Passing
A Moonlight Nights Passing (2026)

TV show

Sasamakura
Sasamakura (2026)

as Tatsugorō Horikawa

Trillion Game
Trillion Game (2025)

as Wolf Lee

MONSTER
MONSTER (2024)

TV show

Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor
Takashi Miike : The V-Emperor (2024)

as Archive Footage

Involvement in Family Affairs
Involvement in Family Affairs (2022)

TV show · as Keiichi Miyama

Modern Love Tokyo
Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Kosuke Hayami

The Cinderella Addiction
The Cinderella Addiction (2021)
GoodWatch score 64

as Masaaki Fukuura

Parasite in Love
Parasite in Love (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

as Yuichi

Masquerade Night
Masquerade Night (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

as Yasushi Fujiki

To Heal the Heart
To Heal the Heart (2020)

TV show · as An Tekkei

2010s

17 titles · average score 64
The Naked Director
The Naked Director (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Ikezawa

Dancing Mary
Dancing Mary (2019)

as Yakuza thug

Masquerade Hotel
Masquerade Hotel (2019)
GoodWatch score 65

as Yasushi Fujiki

Smoking
Smoking (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Sabe

The Price
The Price (2016)

TV show

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk (2015)

TV show

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out (2014)

TV show · as Shogo Dojima

Stock Price Crash
Stock Price Crash (2014)

TV show · as Chiharu Zaizen

Ace Attorney
Ace Attorney (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)

Wonderful Single Life
Wonderful Single Life (2012)

TV show · as Toru Higuchi

Mitsuko Delivers
Mitsuko Delivers (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

as Jiro

Box: The Hakamada Case
Box: The Hakamada Case (2010)

as Police officer Tatematsu

2000s

29 titles · average score 51
Sasori
Sasori (2009)
GoodWatch score 38

as Jyono

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)
GoodWatch score 42

as Ryuji Mogi

War
War (2007)
GoodWatch score 41

as Shiro

Dream Cruise
Dream Cruise (2007)
GoodWatch score 49

as Eiji Saito

The Investigation Game
The Investigation Game (2007)

as Yousuke Sone

Shamo
Shamo (2007)
GoodWatch score 47

as Principal Saeki

Waru
Waru (2006)
GoodWatch score 50

as Sakuragi

Rondo
Rondo (2006)

TV show · as Yoshihiko Isaki

Aiki
Aiki (2002)

as Masatsugu Hiraishi

Suicide Club
Suicide Club (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Detective Kuroda

Audition
Audition (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

as Shigeharu Aoyama

Film Noir
Film Noir (2000)

as Yuji Hamazaki

1990s

10 titles · average score 61
An Obsession
An Obsession (1997)

as Detective Saga

Kids Return
Kids Return (1996)
GoodWatch score 89

as Local Yakuza Chief

Back to Back
Back to Back (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

as Koji

Two Punks
Two Punks (1996)

as Otani

Another Lonely Hitman
Another Lonely Hitman (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Takashi Tachibana

The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard (1995)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jefferey

Okane ga Nai!
Okane ga Nai! (1994)

TV show

Blue Tiger
Blue Tiger (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Gan

American Yakuza
American Yakuza (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Shuji Sawamoto

あしたがあるから
あしたがあるから (1991)

TV show

1980s

5 titles · average score 61
Via Okinawa
Via Okinawa (1989)

as Sachio

Leave My Girl Alone
Leave My Girl Alone (1986)

as Kashima

A Homance
A Homance (1986)

as Michio Yamazaki

So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (1982)

as Rachi

Future War 198X
Future War 198X (1982)
GoodWatch score 61

as Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)