Koji Tsuruta Movies

1953 Japanese movie

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

A factory town along the Sumida River. Jun Aoki and Miyo Murakoshi, who work at this factory, love music, with Jun playing the cello and Miyo the...

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a...

1961 Japanese movie

1958 Japanese movie

1957 Japanese movie

The fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo, at the beginning of the Showa era, where five...

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

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

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

A 1950 film by director 原研吉.

The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of...

1954 Japanese movie

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

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...

1962 Japanese movie

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yen.

The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous...