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{{Short description|Japanese actor (1957–2021)}}
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'''Daisuke Ryu''' (Japanese: 隆大介, Korean: 장명남, Jang Myeong-nam, hanja: 張明男; 14 January 1957 – 11 April 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=踹人張明男曾演黑澤明「影武者」|publisher=Liberty Times |date=March 22, 2015 |url=http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/paper/865024}}</ref><ref>[https://hochi.news/articles/20210422-OHT1T51102.html 隆大介さん死去 黒澤映画で活躍の個性派俳優 「影武者」でブルーリボン賞新人賞] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> was a Japanese [[actor]] of [[Korean people|Korean]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|title=囂張韓男桃機傷人 移民官腿斷送醫|url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20150321/578698/|accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref>
He won the Japanese "best new actor" [[Blue Ribbon Awards|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 (film)|Ran]]'', and the legendary [[yamabushi]], [[Benkei|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.
On March 21, 2015, Ryu travelled to [[Taiwan]], where he was to perform in the [[Martin Scorsese]] film ''[[Silence (2016 film)|Silence]]''. 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. He was indicted and prohibited from leaving Taiwan, and subsequently fired from the production of ''Silence''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actor Daisuke Ryu indicted in Taiwan for assaulting immigration officer, fired from Scorsese film|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/04/15/entertainment-news/actor-daisuke-ryu-indicted-in-taiwan-for-assaulting-immigration-officer-fired-from-scorsese-film/#.WIKq9fVlBDs}} {{deadlink|date=October 2024}}</ref> In May, 2015, Ryu reconciled with the injured official and publicly apologized for his actions. In June, he was fined by Taiwanese courts for his part in the incident and allowed to return to Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actor who assaulted Taiwanese immigration official fired|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201507020029.aspx}}</ref>
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[[Category:1957 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Japanese male actors]]
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[[Category:Japanese male actors of Korean descent]]
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