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 : 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 : 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 : Takeo Chii, Kôji Tsuruta, Yôko Shimada, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Shigeyuki Yamane,

Korean girl loses her beloved dog while moving with her family. The rest of the movie is about the girl and the dog trying to find each other.

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

A good example on ninkyô eiga.

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

A violent gang incident becomes infamous in Japan.

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

Very moving, despite its slow start.

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

Yet another ninkyô - jitsuroku hybrid.

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

Romantic ninkyô yakuza film.

Actors : Shinjirô Ebara, Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Endô, Noboru Andô,
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 : Kôji Tsuruta, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuo Umemiya, Jun Tatara,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

A gritty, nourish gangster saga - especially for 1963 - more in the jitsuroku (true account) vain before there were many yakuza films.

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kôji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Tadashi Sawashima,

Serving his prison time after the events of the first movie, Hishakaku discovers that Otoyo is working as a prostitute in Manchuria. He travels to China to save the woman he still loves, only to get involved in a battle he can never win.

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 : Hiroki Matsukata, Kôji Tsuruta, Shin Saburi, Kô Nishimura,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.

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

Action film about modern gangsters.

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 : Shin'ichi Chiba, Kôji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Mariko Okada,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

One of director Nakajima's best films.