Ryo Ishibashi
6 titles
Filmography
6 results

Audition
(2000)A man begins a relationship with a very deadly female killer.

American Yakuza
(1993)A US agent, who goes undercover in Japan and rises through the ranks of the Yakuza, finds himself torn between his loyalties to the mob and the FBI.

Mitsuko Delivers
(2011)Mitsuko (Riisa Naka) is a young woman who believes everything will be okay and always tries to help those around her. One day, she met an American man and wanted to help him. They became involved in a relationship and she moved with him to California. A little later, her boyfriend left her and Mitsuko returned to Japan alone. Her parents, who run a pachinko parlor, still think Mitsuko is living happily in California. Now, Mitsuko is nine-months pregnant, unmarried and almost broke. She has to move out of her apartment. Yet, Mitsuko still believes everything will be okay. Mitsuko doesn't know where she will go, but she lays downs on a bench and watches where the wind blows. Mitsuko then knows where she will go. She'll visit an elderly woman who was her parent's landlady many years ago. Mitsuko will also see again the boy (Aoi Nakamura) that held a life-long crush on her.

War
(2007)FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) is obsessed with avenging the murder of his partner by the notorious assassin known only as Rogue (Jet Li). Jack’s persistence pays off but leads him into a newly ignited war between rival gangs.

Kids Return
(1996)A coming-of-age gem, Takeshi Kitano’s spirited look at teenage delinquency delicately tempers its violent provocations with tender moments of male camaraderie and affection. Featuring gorgeous music by Joe Hisaishi and an unforgettable color palette, Kids Return is a richly emotional paean to youth.
Sasori
(2009)Extreme, uncompromising and visceral, this action-packed reboot of the classic 70's Manga series, Sasori (Female Scorpion Convict), combines the hardboiled realism of UFC tournament fighting with the stylized brutality of Tarantino's Kill Bill, and then pushes the boundary way over the edge! Faced with a do-or-die ultimatum, Nami (Miki Mizuno) is forced to commit a homicide by a trio of sadistic murderers. Abandoned by her family and imprisoned by a brutal regime, she wins the battle for supremacy in a series of punishing bare-knuckle brawls, only to be tortured and buried alive by the ruthless warden (Lam Suet - Dog Bite Dog). Left for dead, she is revived by the mysterious Corpse Collector (Simon Yam - Tomb Raider 2), who transforms her into an unstoppable killing machine, that will relentlessly pursue a brutal quest for revenge. At the point of transformation, Nami dies, and Sasori (The Scorpion) is born...