Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
Kanto Street Peddlers
as Kawahara Masako
The Cross of Vengeance
Brothers Serving Time
Yakuza on Foot
as Eiho Ri
Gambling Den's Master Clan
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
as お豊
Three Gamblers
as Sumiko
Koto—The Lake of Tears
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
The Gambler
Three Yakuza
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Blind Monk Swordsman
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Blind Wolf
Tenamonya Sandogasa
Road In the Mist
Love And Order
Shimmering Sword
Ōedo no taka
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
Sakura Official
Bride of White Castle
as Otoshi
Little Tengu
Case of a Young Lord 8
Rumble Festival
An Actor's Revenge
Bride of Peacock Castle
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Noble Tasuke
Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case
Scramble for Fortune
Case of a Young Lord 1
Case of a Young Lord 2
鍔鳴浪人
Kai nusumadara kumo
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
as Okichi
