Koji Tsuruta Movies

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

1962 Japanese movie

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

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

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he...

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

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

A crime film released in 1965

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to...

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

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

1961 Japanese movie

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki...

A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master.

1954 Japanese movie

Koji Tsuruta plays a 23-year-old young man who relentlessly defends his purity against the temptations of married women, geishas, and dancers.