Koji Tsuruta Movies

A crime film released in 1965

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!

Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a...

Two men head a team who steal a factory payroll valued at 500 million yen. Then a hoodlum gang goes after the team for the money.

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

Part two.

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Chiezo Kataoka grew up as a Magician's apprentice in America and no prison can hold him!

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.

After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness,...

The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of...