Ryūko Azuma

Personal Info

Birthday

January 10, 1917

(108 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Ryûko Azuma

東竜子

Ryūko Azuma

Biography

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.

Known For

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

The International Gang of Kobe

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Death at an Old Mansion

Bride of White Castle

Yakuza on Foot

Three Gamblers

Filmography

1975
The International Gang of Kobe
as Fusa
Death at an Old Mansion
as Itoko Ichiyanagi
1974
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
as Kunigami's Mother
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Kunihiro Tome
1972
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
as Tatsumi
1969
Yakuza on Foot
as Eiho Ri
1967
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
as お豊

Three Gamblers
as Sumiko
1961
Bride of White Castle
as Otoshi
1951
Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
as Okichi
1936
Tenjiku Tokubei
as Mitsu