Koji Tsuruta Movies

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

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

Japanese crime film.

1955 Japanese movie

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and...

1958 Japanese movie

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded...

A yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo...

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

Tokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this time, a tender is being held to conclude a...

The second part of the Gamblers series.

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

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...

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.