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...

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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...

Max

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

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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.

Not rated

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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

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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

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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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Not rated