Koji Tsuruta Movies

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

Part two.

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

1961 Japanese movie

Three years have passed since the suicide of Kayo, the wife of sales manager Hagio of Kaihara Publishing. That day, Hagio is surprised to welcome...

1962 Japanese movie

The second part of the Gamblers series.

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

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

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

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.

The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group,...

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue....

Koji Tsuruta plays dual roles: Kyotaro, the young master of a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Osaka, and Ken, a street thug in Tokyo.