Ryūzō Shimada
Acting
Biography
Ryūzō Shimada was a Japanese film actor.
Born: March 21, 1931
Known For
The Lightning Sword
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.
Assassins for sale
Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killing get to know each other. Soon they learn that government officials will be transporting a large cargo of gold and decide to steal it.
The Tale of Zatoichi
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.
Samurai Vendetta
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
The Third Shadow Warrior
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....
Homeless Dog
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Rampaging Dog
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
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.
Assignment Dragon No. 3
In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously assassinated, however, when his car was blown up. The General Staff Headquarters in Japan, sends Lieutenant Shiina, a graduate of the famed Nakano School of Spies inaugurated by Colonel Kusanagi, to investigate the matter. Arriving in Shanghai, he disguises himself as a Chinese coolie and sets out to watch for developments, the only clue being a silver dollar found beside what was left of the victim.
Zatoichi on the Road
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.
Filmography
as Tadakiyo Hanabusa
as Hatta
as Yakuza boss
as Takaatsu Kôdô
as Hidetada Tokugawa
as Hidetada Tokugawa
as Jingorô
as лорд Окура
as Katsura Kogoro
as Shuntarô Furutaka
as Tokusaburō
as Shigezô
as Bhutika
as Mutsuda no Sanzô
as Lt. Saemon Toyama
as Kamiya Shuzen
as Tango Abe
as Miyaguchi companion
as Usui, Sadamitsu (as Ryuuzô Shimada)
as Saheiji Narumi
as Settsunokami Matsui
as Daisaku