Koji Tsuruta Movies

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

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji...

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had...

The story centers on three students from Jiyu University who set up a part-time limited partnership, with Jotaro Yamaji (Koji Tsuruta) becoming its...

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

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

A crime film released in 1965

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union....

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.

The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up the pieces and carry on the legacy.

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

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

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.