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Tag Archives: Kôji Tsuruta
Gamblers and Racketeers / Bakuto tai tekiya (1964) Shigehiro Ozawa, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Sumiko Fuji
It’s brother against brother and father against son in this all-star yakuza epic. Read More »
The Path of the King / Nihon yakuza-den: Sôchiyô e no michi (1971) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama
When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence Read More »
Gang vs. G-Men / Gyangu tai G-men (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tetsurô Tanba
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood. Read More »
The Hardcore Criminal (1973) Shigehiro Ozawa
In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine Read More »
Fate Deals the Card of Death / Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michiyo Yasuda
Seijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after Read More »
Gambler / Bakuchi uchi (1967) Shigehiro Ozawa, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. Read More »
Sympathy for the Underdog / Bakuto gaijin butai (1971) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho 3 / Jirochô sangokushi daisanbu (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô
The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho / Jirochô sangokushi daiichibu (1963) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shingo Yamashiro
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings Read More »