Koji Tsuruta Movies

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Sixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

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

A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.

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

A crime film released in 1965

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

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....

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue....

The southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the former warriors of the Heike clan settled, is famous...

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded...

A gritty, noirish gangster saga.

1962 Japanese movie

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

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii