Koji Tsuruta Movies

Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko

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

Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun...

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.

1958 Japanese movie

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is...

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

1954 Japanese movie

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

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an...

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after an assassination their henchmen will struggle to...

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...

Japanese crime film.