Best movies of Kôji Tsuruta

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Kôji Tsuruta, Akiko Kudô, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.

Actors : Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kôji Tsuruta, Yumi Shirakawa, Seizaburô Kawazu,
Directors : Jun Fukuda,

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza...

Actors : Katsutoshi Akiyama, Kanjûrô Arashi, Junko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta,
Directors : Tai Katô,

Oryu meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being damaged by air pollution from a local factory.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

Romantic ninkyô yakuza film.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Akiko Kudô, Tatsuo Endô, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

A well-written saga of two gang bosses.

Actors : Yoshiko Sakuma, Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta, Shingo Yamashiro,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on the path to fame and fortune. One of the...

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Kiyoshi Saeki,

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

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Kôji Tsuruta, Noboru Andô, Tatsuo Endô,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

The historical drama follows the wartime experiences of the respected admiral who attempted to force America into considering a negotiated peace during World War Two.

Actors : Tôru Abe, Junko Fuji, Kôji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Tai Katô,

A tale set in the late Meiji era - circa 1880s-1890 as opposed to the early Meiji which began in the 1860s.

Actors : Minoru Ôki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

A good example on ninkyô eiga.

Actors : Rin'ichi Yamamoto, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Michitarô Mizushima,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Action film about modern gangsters.

Actors : Yutaka Enatsu, Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

A violent gang incident becomes infamous in Japan.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Makoto Satô, Akiko Kudô, Kyôsuke Machida,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Yet another ninkyô - jitsuroku hybrid.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Keijiro Morokado, Kyôsuke Machida,
Directors : Shinji Murayama,

One of the more soulful and sentimental of the early 1970s modern day yakuza films from Toei.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Seizaburô Kawazu, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned ...

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Hideo Kô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Mizuhara did his time in jail for Boss Komori. Now that he is out, the old gang wants to say welcome back with a bullet.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Junko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Masahiro Makino,

It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô,

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his ...

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

Very moving, despite its slow start.