Koji Tsuruta Movies

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...

Japanese movie.

Part two.

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.

The second part of the Gamblers series.

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt...

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had...

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over.

A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.