Cast: Koji Tsuruta
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Koji Tsuruta. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island
1956 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Koji Tsuruta · Kaoru Yachigusa · Mariko Okada
Plot A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to...
7.3
691 votes
7.3
691 votes
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Yasujirō Ozu
Cast Shin Saburi · Michiyo Kogure · Koji Tsuruta · Chikage Awashima
Plot Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high-society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country (Shin Saburi) After a crisis, she understands...
7.3
443 votes
7.3
443 votes
Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Eijirô Tono · Ko Mihashi · Kunimori Kodo
Plot After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge...
7.2
765 votes
7.2
765 votes
Gambler: Foreign Opposition (Gamblers in Okinawa)
1971 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Kinji Fukasaku
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Noboru Andô · Kenji Imai · Akiko Kudô
Plot A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
6.7
81 votes
6.7
81 votes
Ninjitsu
1957 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Koji Tsuruta · Yoshiko Kuga · Mariko Okada
Plot In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information...
6.6
34 votes
6.6
34 votes
Ninjitsu, Part II
1958 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Toshirô Mifune · Nobuko Otowa · Yoshiko Kuga
Plot In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information...
6.2
24 votes
6.2
24 votes
Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment
1977 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Yukio Noda
Cast Sonny Chiba · Chia Lun · Etsuko Shihomi · Emi Shindô
Plot Blood for Money! Sonny Chiba is "Golgo 13", a cold, calculating, ruthless assassin, working for the U.S. drug syndicate. His assignment: "take-out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His only obstacle: a...
5.7
128 votes
5.7
128 votes
I Bombed Pearl Harbor
1960 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Shuei Matsubayashi · Hugo Grimaldi
Cast Makoto Satô · Misa Uehara · Keiju Kobayashi · Toshirô Mifune
Plot Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed...
5.5
80 votes
5.5
80 votes
The Last Gunfight
1960 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Kihachi Okamoto
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Koji Tsuruta · Yôko Tsukasa · Seizaburô Kawazu
Plot Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned...
5.4
26 votes
5.4
26 votes
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Movie · 166 min. · Japan
Direction Kunio Watanabe
Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Shintarô Katsu · Koji Tsuruta · Raizô Ichikawa
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Yûzô Kawashima
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Yumeji Tsukioka · Chikage Awashima · Eitarô Shindô
Plot 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...
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1959 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Toshio Sugie
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Koji Tsuruta · Yôko Tsukasa · Misa Uehara
Plot 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...
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Gambler's Farewell
1968 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Kinji Fukasaku
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Fumio Watanabe · Tetsurô Tanba · Seizaburô Kawazu
Plot The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
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Gyangu Chûshingura
1963 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Shigehiro Ozawa
Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Sô Yamamura · Kenji Imai · Eitarô Shindô
Plot Takakura is a young gang boss tricked by the villainous Toru Abe. His underlings, lead by Chiezo Kataoka, start planning for revenge after Takakura dies in jail.
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Beyond the Clouds
1953 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Miyoji Ieki
Cast Kyoko Asagiri · Yasumi Hara · Takashi Kanda · Nobuo Kaneko
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Unperishable Sword
1960 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Yoshiko Fujita · Hibari Misora · Yasushi Sasaki
Plot The "Unperishable Sword" is a story based on the novel by Renzaburo Shibata. A complicated tale with dynamic characters, make this samurai who seeks revenge for the death of his...
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The Secret of the Telegian
1960 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Jun Fukuda
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Yumi Shirakawa · Seizaburô Kawazu · Yoshio Tsuchiya
Plot Detectives must stop a homicidal madman called the "Telegian" from his killing rampage, while trying to save the intended victims and solve the mystery of the madman's true intentions and...
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Gambler: Victory Without Death
1967 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Shigehiro Ozawa
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Michiyo Kogure · Kyôsuke Machida
Plot Tsunetaro, a talented gambler comes to a coal mining town in Kyushu where miners live under hard circumstances in the 1920s. Tsunetaro helps his female boss take back the rights...
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Bakuto retsuden
1968 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Shigehiro Ozawa
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Sumiko Fuji · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Ken Takakura
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The Proud Challenge
1962 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Kinji Fukasaku
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Tetsurô Tanba · Hitomi Nakahara · Tatsuo Umemiya
Plot Kuroki, a journalist for a trade paper, is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in the illegal arms trading was also involved in...
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