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Ryūko Azuma

Actor

Ryūko Azuma

Born January 10, 1917 in Tokyo, Japan66 films

14-year Ryuko debuted in "Yoake" from Kawai Film Company. Two years later she made appearances in three films starred 27-year Ichikawa Tomonsuke who has distribution partnership with Kawai. In 11 years when Kawai Films became Daito Films and later Daiei, Ryuko appeared in 215 films. From 1955 to 1965 Ryuko Azuma and her husband Kusuo Abe work for Toei films.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity posterFirst watchBattles Without Honor and Humanity19737.3as Kunihiro TomeIn the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.View film

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Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. 1984The Story of a Man Among Men
  2. 1981Samurai Reincarnation
  3. 1977The Story of a Geisha
  4. 1977Japanese Humanity and Justice
  5. 1976Violent Panic: The Big CrashTakashi's Mother
  6. 1975The International Gang of KobeFusa
  7. 1975Death at an Old MansionItoko Ichiyanagi
  8. 1974The Street Fighter's Last RevengeKunigami's Mother
  9. 1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityKunihiro Tome
  10. 1972Hikage-Mono
  11. 1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
  12. 1972The Pledge
  13. 1972Withered Tree, the Adventures of MonjiroTatsumi
  14. 1972The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
  15. 1971The Kanto Brothers' Code of Honor
  16. 1971The Path of the King
  17. 1970Jûroku-sai no keiken
  18. 1969Kanto Street PeddlersKawahara Masako
  19. 1969The Cross of Vengeance
  20. 1969Brothers Serving Time
  21. 1969Yakuza on FootEiho Ri
  22. 1968Gambling Den's Master Clan
  23. 1968Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
  24. 1967Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festivalお豊
  25. 1967Three GamblersSumiko
  26. 1966Koto—The Lake of Tears
  27. 1966The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
  28. 1965The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
  29. 1965The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
  30. 1965The Gambler
  31. 1965Three Yakuza
  32. 1965Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
  33. 1965Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
  34. 1964Blind Monk Swordsman
  35. 1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
  36. 1963Blind Wolf
  37. 1963Tenamonya Sandogasa
  38. 1963Road in the Mist
  39. 1963Love And Order
  40. 1962Shimmering Sword
  41. 1962Ōedo no taka
  42. 1962Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
  43. 1962Sakura Official
  44. 1961Bride of White CastleOtoshi
  45. 1961Little Tengu
  46. 1960Case of a Young Lord 8
  47. 1960Rumble Festival
  48. 1959An Actor's Revenge
  49. 1959Bride of Peacock Castle
  50. 1958Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
  51. 1958Noble Tasuke
  52. 1957Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case
  53. 1956Scramble for Fortune
  54. 1956Case of a Young Lord 1
  55. 1956Case of a Young Lord 2
  56. 1956鍔鳴浪人
  57. 1954Kai nusumadara kumo
  58. 1952Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
  59. 1952Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
  60. 1951Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
  61. 1951Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
  62. 1951Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higanOkichi
  63. 1943Kaikyō no fūunji
  64. 1937Iwami Jūtarō
  65. 1937Utsunomiya tsuritenjō
  66. 1936Tenjiku TokubeiMitsu