Koji Tsuruta Movies

The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However,...

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in...

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect...

President of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the military and some capitalists Ishikiri. The plan is...

The services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo.

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...

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

A man finds great camaraderie while traveling.

Gangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.

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

A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series...

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

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master.

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

1948 Japanese movie

Japanese crime film.