Daisuke Ryu

(Korean: 장명남, Jang Myeong-nam, hanja: 張明男) was a Japanese actor of Korean descent. He played Kazuma Asuka in Ultraman Dyna.
==Career==
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.
===Scandal===
On March 21, 2015, Daisuke Ryu travelled to Taiwan, where he was to perform in the Martin Scorsese 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. 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.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/04/15/entertainment-news/actor-daisuke-ryu-indicted-in-taiwan-for-assaulting-immigration-officer-fired-from-scorsese-film/#.WwFrHfYUrIV
Three years later in 2018, he returned to the entertainment industry, and was active in movies before passing away in 2021.
==Death==
He died at his home in Chiba Prefecture on April 11, 2021 due to a intracranial hemorrhage, at the age of 64. His funeral was held by close relatives.https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021042300744
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1997	Ultraman Dyna	Kazuma Asuka	
2004	ULTRAMAN 	Sogabe 	
==Gallery==
Daisuke Ryu.jpg
==Trivia==
*In the light of Daisuke's passing, Takeshi Tsuruno (actor of Shin Asuka) posted his tribute in his Twitter account, including a screenshot of the final episode of Ultraman Dyna wherein Asuka and his father fly together into the light.https://twitter.com/takeshi_tsuruno/status/1385525664799854595
==References==
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