Koji Tsuruta Movies

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

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.

A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is...

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...

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

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...

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

1958 Japanese movie

Japanese movie.

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

1958 Japanese movie

A 1950 film by director 原研吉.

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an...