Ryo Ishibashi movies and TV shows: he began as the vocalist of the rock band ARB, which debuted in 1978, and made his acting debut in A Homansu (1986). His film credits include A Sign Days (1989), American Yakuza (1993), Kids Return (1996), Audition (1999), Brother (2000), Suicide Club (2001), The Grudge (2004), The Grudge 2 (2006), Ace Attorney (2012), Persona Non Grata (2015), Masquerade Hotel (2019), The Cinderella Addiction (2021), and Masquerade Night (2021). He received the Best New Actor Award at the 60th Kinema Junpo Awards for A Homansu (1986), the Best Actor Award at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days (1989), and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 27th Hochi Film Awards for AIKI (2002). His television appearances include the NHK Taiga drama Takeda Shingen (1988), Nemureru Mori (1998), the NHK Taiga drama Ryōmaden (2010), The Naked Director (2019), Awaiting Kirin (2020), and Modern Love Tokyo (2022). Ryo Ishibashi was born on July 20, 1956, in Kurume.