Koji Tsuruta — Actor (107)
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Gang vs. Gang (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ギャング対ギャング
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tatsuo Umemiya …
other title: Die Killer von Tokio / ギャング対ギャング
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
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Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
人生劇場　続　飛車角
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Theater of Life: Return of Hishakaku / 人生劇場　続　飛車角 …
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.
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Life of Hishakaku (1963) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
人生劇場　飛車角
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: Theater Of Life: Hishakaku / Theater of Life - Hishakaku …
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
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The Armed Organization (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
暴力団再武装
director: Junya Satō actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: 暴力団再武装
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsuruta as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
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The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
博徒斬り込み隊
director: Junya Satō actor: Koji Tsuruta / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 博徒斬り込み隊
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 him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
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The Big Boss (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
暗黒街の顔役
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Koji Tsuruta / Seizaburō Kawazu …
other title: 暗黒街の顔役 / Ombres dans la nuit
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
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Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
戦国群盗傳
director: Toshio Sugie actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta …
other title: Le scimitarre dei mongoli / 戦国群盗傳
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
昨日と明日の間
director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yumeji Tsukioka …
other title: 昨日と明日の間
A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according to his own desires. Against all the odds, he manages to push through his business idea – the foundation of an airline. At the same time, his ex-girlfriend refuses to accept their separation and attempts to force her way back into his life by any means possible. He in turn feels attracted to a young woman, who turns out to be the wife of one of his airline investors and who has herself had a secret lover for several years.
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Lakeside Figure (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
湖畔の人
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Koji Tsuruta / Yoshiko Sakuma …
other title: 湖畔の人
A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.
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Henchmen (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
代貸
director: Kiyoshi Saeki actor: Tatsuo Umemiya / Tomisaburō Wakayama …
other title: 代貸
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Izu in Shizuoka during the early Showa period. Representatives of three different yakuza gangs - Tatsuo Umemiya, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Koji Tsuruta celebrate male friendship and male chivalry in action.