Renji Ishibashi
Born	Renji Ishida (1941-08-09) August 9, 1941 (age 82) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–present
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse	Mako Midori (m. 1979)

Renji Ishibashi (石橋蓮司, Ishibashi Renji), born Renji Ishida (石田蓮司, Ishida Renji, born August 9, 1941) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award for Rōnin-gai.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
1964	Wolves, Pigs and Men	Hiroshi
1972	Zatoichi at Large	Gunroku
1973	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons	Izubuchi Shobei
1974	Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974	Ryoma Ansatsu	Nakaoka Shintarō
1976	Watcher in the Attic	Gōda Saburō
1978	Mottomo Kiken na Yugi	Mahjong player
1979	Woman with Red Hair	Kozo
1979	Oretachi ni Haka wa Nai	Taka
1980	Onna no Hosomichi: Nureta Kaikyo
1981	Fruits of Passion	Kato
1987	Tokyo Blackout	Miyoshi
1987	Sure Death 4: Revenge	Kohei Yasuda
1988	Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad	Masao Atsugi
1989	Tetsuo: The Iron Man	Tramp
1989	Yuwakusha	Tsuburagi
1990	Rōnin-gai	Gonbei
1990	Ware ni utsu yoi ari	Akikawa
1992	The Triple Cross	Imura
1993	Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni
1994	Crest of Betrayal	Kihei Ito
1995	The Abe Clan	Hayashi Geki
1998	The Bird People in China	Ujiie
	Sada
	Pride	Shūmei Ōkawa
1999	Poppoya	Town Mayor
	Gemini	Beggar Monk
	Dead or Alive	Aoki
	Salaryman Kintaro
	Audition	Old man in wheelchair
	Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji
2000	Tales of the Unusual	Old Man
	Shinsengumi	Hachiro Kiyokawa
	Pyrokinesis
2001	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Renji (voice)
2001	Agitator
2002	Graveyard of Honor	Denji Yukawa
	Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
	Trick: The Movie	Deity
	Alive	Chief
2003	Gozu	Boss
2003	The Man in White
2004	Half a Confession
	One Missed Call	Detective
	Flower and Snake	Ippei Tashiro
	Moonlight Jellyfish
	Izo
2005	Spring Snow	Reikichi Kitazaki
	One Missed Call 2	Detective
	The Great Yokai War	Ookubi
	Shinobi: Heart Under Blade	Nankōbō Tenkai
	Kamen Rider The First
2006	Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2007	Sakuran	Owner
	Sukiyaki Western Django	Village Mayor
	Hero
2008	L: Change the World	Shin Kagami
	Kurosagi
	Tokyo! "Merde"	L'avocat général
	20th Century Boys	Inshu Manjome
	The Ramen Girl	Udagawa
2009	Kamogawa Horumo	Berobero Bartender
	A Good Husband			^[2]
	Mt. Tsurugidake	Sakichi Ogata
	20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope	Inshu Manjome
	20th Century Boys 3: Redemption	Inshu Manjome
	Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship	Eijiro Hikari
	Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
2010	Outrage	Murase
2011	Ninja Kids!!!
	The Detective Is in the Bar	Kyosuke Iwabuchi
	Someday
	Koitanibashi			^[3]
2012	Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan	Ohshita
2013	Strawberry Night
	I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow
	Human Trust	Detective Kitamura
2014	Homeland
2014	Kikaider Reboot	Shinnosuke Tanabe
2015	The Big Bee
2015	Kaze ni Tatsu Lion
2018	The Blood of Wolves	Shōhei Irako
	Samurai's Promise
	Lost in Ramen			^[4]
2019	Kingdom	Jie Shi
	Another World	Tameo Iwai
	Walking Man	Tameo Iwai
2020	Howling Village
	I Never Shot Anyone		Lead role
	Independence of Japan	Kijūrō Shidehara
2021	Angry Rice Wives
	The Blue Danube
	The Great Yokai War: Guardians	Ōkubi		^[5]
	Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen			^[6]
	99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie	Shōzō Wakatsuki		^[7]
2022	The Broken Commandment			^[8]
	A Winter Rose	Tatsuo Okishima		^[9]
	Haw	Jirō Sekine		^[10]
	How to Find Happiness			^[11]
2023	Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2			^[12]
	As Long as We Both Shall Live	The emperor		^[13]
	Okiku and the World	Magoshichi		^[14]
	We're Broke, My Lord!	Nishina the lord of Settsu		^[15]
	Revolver Lily			^[16]
2024	End-of-Life Concierge 2			^[17]
2024	Kaze yo Arashi yo	Masatarō Watanabe		^[18]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
1974	Katsu Kaishū	Yoshida Shōin	NHK	Taiga drama
1979	Oretachi wa Tenshi da!	Carlos	NTV	Episode20
1980	Shadow Warriors	Minakuchi Kisirō	Fuji TV
1987	Dokuganryū Masamune	Yagyū Munenori	NHK	Taiga drama
1995	Kumokiri Nizaemon	Kinezumi no Kichigoro	Fuji TV
2001	Hojo Tokimune	Hojo Tokihiro	NHK	Taiga drama
2003	Kōshōnin	Counselor Kanemoto	Wowow
2005	Yoshitsune	Togashi Yasuie	NHK	Taiga drama
2006	My Boss My Hero	Tōjūrō Yazaki	NTV
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Ihara Tadatane	NHK	Taiga drama
2007	Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths	Company commander	NHK	TV movie
2009	Kamen Rider Decade	Eijiro Hikari	TV Asahi	Tokusatsu series
2010	Ryōmaden	Nagai Naoyuki	NHK	Taiga drama
2011	Freeter, Ie wo Kau	Kazuyoshi Asaoka	Fuji TV
2014	Hanako to Anne	Shuzo Ando	NHK	Asadora
2017	Henkan Kōshōnin	Chōbyō Yara	NHK
2018	Innocent Days		Wowow
2018	Segodon	Kawaguchi Seppō	NHK	Taiga drama
2020	13 Assassins		NHK	TV movie
2020	The Sun Stands Still: The Eclipse		Wowow	Mini-series
2020–21	Awaiting Kirin	Sanjōnishi Sanezumi	NHK	Taiga drama
2021	Ryūkō Kanbō		NHK	TV movie	^[19]
	The Naked Director	Watabe	Netflix	Season 2	^[20]
	Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi		NHK	Mini-series	^[21]
	Japan Sinks: People of Hope	Gen Satoshiro	TBS		^[22]
2022	Kaze yo Arashi yo	Masatarō Watanabe	NHK	TV movie	^[18]