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.
Blind Monk Swordsman
Bride of Peacock Castle
Ōedo no taka
Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind
Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
Scramble for Fortune
Three Yakuza
Brothers Serving Time
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Hikage-Mono
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
鍔鳴浪人
Jûroku-sai no keiken
Love And Order
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(Kunihiro Tome)
Utsunomiya tsuritenjô
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Tenjiku Tokubei
(Mitsu)
Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan
(Okichi)
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
(Tatsumi)
Yakuza on Foot
(Eiho Ri)
The Story of a Man Among Men
The International Gang of Kobe
(Fusa)
The Pledge
Death at an Old Mansion
(Itoko Ichiyanagi)
The Story of a Geisha
Three Gamblers
(Sumiko)
Samurai Reincarnation
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Bride of White Castle
(Otoshi)
An Actor's Revenge
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Cross of Vengeance
Gambling Den's Master Clan
Case of a Young Lord 8
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
(Kunigami's Mother)
Sakura Official
Road In the Mist
Shimmering Sword
Blind Wolf
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
(お豊)
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Little Tengu