- Born
- Died
- Birth nameTakehiro Okumura
- Ryûtarô Gan was born on August 9, 1964 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Toyotomi Hideyoshi tenka wo toru! (1995), Zatoichi (1989) and Musashi (2003). He died on November 1, 2019 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
- Parents
- RelativesGanjirô Nakamura(Grandparent)Ganjirô Nakamura(Great Grandparent)Senjaku Nakamura(Aunt or Uncle)Tomisaburō Wakayama(Aunt or Uncle)Masami Okumura(Sibling)Ganjirô Nakamura(Cousin)Senjaku Nakamura(Cousin)Katsutoji Kineya(Grandparent)Kiichirô Wakayama(Cousin)
- While on set shooting a movie in December of 1988 Ryûtarô Gan stabbed and killed actor Yukio Katô who at the time was 34. Kato was taken to the Okayama University Hospital where he was pronounced dead after following profuse bleeding due to being cut in the neck by a sword. He was accused of professional negligence and would later state in court that he did not know the sword was real.
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