Personal Info
Birth date
1931-03-21 (94 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
-
Also known as
Ryuzo Shimada
Ryuuzô Shimada
島田龍三
Ryūzō Shimada
Biography
Ryūzō Shimada was a Japanese film actor.
Filmography
The Tale of Zatoichi
7.281
Overview:
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.Daimajin
6.5
Overview:
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.Buddha
NYR
Overview:
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.Zatoichi on the Road
6.9
Overview:
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.A Lustful Man
5.9
Overview:
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame to the family, his father eventually breaks relations with him. Expelled from the family, 19-year-old Yonosuke embarks on a pilgrimage of lust, traveling far and wide to acquaint himself with women of all walks.Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
6.814
Overview:
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.Sword Devil
6.1
Overview:
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him to assassinate a man...Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
6.3
Overview:
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.The Third Shadow Warrior
7.1
Overview:
In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
7
Overview:
Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
NYR
Overview:
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
6.2
Overview:
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.Shinsengumi Chronicles
6.5
Overview:
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.Song of Sado
NYR
Overview:
Sentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his good-natured nature does not allow him to do anything bad. Along the way, Sentaro saves a young woman named Okimi (Yuko Miki) from a bad womanizer and meets a Yakuza named Katsugoro (Yoshie Mizutani). He then visits Katsugoro boss Kanjiro Inariyama (Ganjiro Nakamura II) to train to be a yakuza, but to his surprise discovers that Katsugoro is Kanjiro's only daughter, Okatsu. He also finds out that the young yakuza working in Kanjiro's house is his younger brother Hanji (Yukio Hashi). Then the Shigezo family, who had been annoying Kanjiro for a long time, set fire to his gambling hall!Satan's Sword
6.625
Overview:
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.The Man Disappears Yesterday
NYR
Overview:
Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become his personal assistant. In a rice shop, Yoshimune meets a simple ronin Ohashi Kenshiro, and receives permission to stay at his house, but a mysterious corpse awaits him in the house... And then the second, third and fourth murders occur...Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
5.8
Overview:
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political reformer that pushed for better provisions for the lower classes until he was assassinated by Shogunate agents. Their plot, to set fire to the oil refineries of two rich merchants and unleash a raging inferno that will hopefully burn down the Edo Castle.Tabiwa Oiroke
NYR
Overview:
Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman take your chastity? On the Tokaido Highway of Flowers, a beautiful swordsman is in peril! Tokaido is a journey of women's peril! Pink Kumudo no Kenjidoshu! A swarm of beautiful women chases after him! The forest of white blades that ambushes! Tokaido is in full bloom!The Gambler's Code
6.5
Overview:
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!Jirocho Fuji
6.8
Overview:
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.Travels of Lord Mito
NYR
Overview:
Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo Sasaki and Kakunoshin Atsumi. At an inn in Sunagawa, Mitsukuni exposed and punished an evil judge who had fallen in love with a townsman's wife. However, on the night he stayed at Nihonmatsu Castle, Mitsukuni found out that this incident was a performance organized especially for him…Acting
1967Assignment Dragon No. 3 as Unknown
1966Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies as Unknown
1966Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy as Isa
1966殺人者 as Unknown
1966The Front Line Showdown as Unknown
1966Daimajin as Tadakiyo Hanabusa
1966ほんだら捕物帖 as Unknown
1966Young Boss: Invitation to Fight as Unknown
1965The Informer as Unknown
1965Sword Devil as Hatta
1965Zatoichi and the Doomed Man as Yakuza boss
1965Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy as Unknown
1965Rampaging Dog as Unknown
1965Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again as Unknown
1965Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Takaatsu Kôdô
1964Kojiki taishō as Unknown
1964Bad Reputation: The Big Drum as Unknown
1964Black Weapon as Unknown
1964Homeless Dog as Unknown
1964The Man Disappears Yesterday as Unknown
1964Black Challenger as Unknown
1963Zatoichi on the Road as Jingorô
1963Bronze Magician as лорд Окура
1963Maiko and the Assassin as Katsura Kogoro
1963The Confusing Journey of Jirocho as Unknown
1963Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise as Unknown
1963The Third Shadow Warrior as Unknown
1963Assassins for sale as Unknown
1963Shinsengumi Chronicles as Shuntarô Furutaka
1962The Lightning Sword as Tokusaburō
1962Hell's Assassin as Unknown
1962170 Leagues to Edo as Unknown
1962The Tale of Zatoichi as Shigezô
1962Sabakareru Echizen no kami as Unknown
1962The Actress and the Three Rascals as Unknown
1961The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark as Unknown
1961The Phantom Samurai as Unknown
1961Buddha as Bhutika
1961Song of Sado as Unknown
1961The Gambler's Code as Mutsuda no Sanzô
1961Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter as Unknown
1961Tabiwa Oiroke as Unknown
1961A Lustful Man as Unknown
1961Three Young Samurai as Unknown
1961Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut as Unknown
1960Samurai Save The Virgin as Lt. Saemon Toyama
1960Bara daimyo as Unknown
1960Satan's Sword as Kamiya Shuzen
1960What Price Love? as Tango Abe
1960Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane as Unknown
1960Koga's Messenger as Miyaguchi companion
1960The Demon of Mount Oe as Usui, Sadamitsu (as Ryuuzô Shimada)
1960Yûrei koban as Saheiji Narumi
1960Mission Accomplished as Unknown
1959The Princess Says No as Unknown
1959Samurai Vendetta as Unknown
1959The Lord Pretends as Settsunokami Matsui
1959Jirocho Fuji as Unknown
1959Ojo-kichiza as Unknown
1959Blue Snake Bath as Unknown
1958Travels of Lord Mito as Daisaku
1958The Gay Masquerade as Unknown
1958Ambush at Iga Pass as Unknown
1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion as Unknown
1958Obsessive Snake as Unknown
1958The Swishing Sword as Unknown
1958Megitsune Buro as Unknown