Koji Tsuruta Movies

1948 Japanese movie

A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.

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...

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the...

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

Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To...

Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to...

Toru Sagara, a lone wolf assassin, is imprisoned for betraying his employer, Hanawa. After completing his sentence, he immediately takes revenge on...

1958 Japanese movie

1961 gangster film.

Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt...

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.

A 1950 film by director 原研吉.

A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends up fighting against his big brother's...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.