Koji Tsuruta

Acting

Koji Tsuruta

Born 6 December 1924 · Hamamatsu, Japan · Died 16 June 1987 at 62

Eiichi Ono (小野 榮一, Ono Eiichi, December 6, 1924 – June 16, 1987), better known by his stage name Kōji Tsuruta (鶴田 浩二, Tsuruta Kōji), was a Japanese actor and singer. He appeared in almost 260 feature films and had a unique style of singing.

Known for

Highlights

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955 · Film · Kojiro Sasaki
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1952 · Film · Noboru Okada
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · Film · Kojiro Sasaki
Sympathy for the Underdog1971 · Film · Masuo Gunji
Proof of the Man1977 · Film
Big Time Gambling Boss1968 · Film · Shinjirô Nakai

Filmography

Movies

218 films

The Last True Yakuza1985 · Film · Takao Sugata
The Story of a Man Among Men1984 · Film
Domineering1982 · Film · Otomo
War After Truce1982 · Film
The Imperial Navy1981 · Film
Love You Till I Die1981 · Film
Gate of Youth1981 · Film · Yabetora
The Night of Martial Law1980 · Film
Dog of Fortune1979 · Film · Noriyuki Yasutaka
Down with The Big Boss1979 · Film · Eikichi Arita
Monument to Holy Service1978 · Film
Proof of the Man1977 · Film
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon1977 · Film · Senzo Shigemune
Japanese Humanity and Justice1977 · Film
Japan's Don1977 · Film · Shuhei Tatsumi
Father of the Kamikaze1974 · Film · Admiral Takijiro Onishi
The Hard Core Criminal1973 · Film
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die1972 · Film
Hikage-Mono1972 · Film
Informal Dress1972 · Film
The Pledge1972 · Film
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory1972 · Film
Gang Warfare1972 · Film
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang1972 · Film · Tabikiyo
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell1972 · Film · Eijiro Onishi
The Man1971 · Film
The Armed Organization1971 · Film
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love1971 · Film · Sanshu
The Gambler's Counterattack1971 · Film · Aiba Yusaku
A Scarred Life1971 · Film
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You1971 · Film · Kikutaro Yuki
The Path of the King1971 · Film · Minokichi Kawai
Fate Deals the Card of Death1971 · Film
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler1971 · Film · Joji Tsukuba
Sympathy for the Underdog1971 · Film · Masuo Gunji
The Last Kamikaze1970 · Film · Captain Munakata
A Wad of Notes1970 · Film · Ryuji Kashigawa
Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss1970 · Film
The Drifting Gambler1970 · Film · Eijiro Funaki
House of Gamblers1970 · Film
Rise and Fall of Chivalry1970 · Film
Bloodstained Clan of Honor1970 · Film · Kuroki
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers1970 · Film
Gambler's Legacy1969 · Film · Inagaki Chokichi
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers1969 · Film
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations1969 · Film · Asaichi Isobe
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room1969 · Film
A Gambler's Certain Death1969 · Film
Killer's Mission1969 · Film · Shogun Ieshige
Japan Organized Crime Boss1969 · Film · Tetsuo Tsukamoto
The Biggest Gamble1969 · Film · Itsuki Masaji
Gambler Biography1968 · Film · Yûjirô Wakamatsu
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation1968 · Film · Shûtaro Kazama
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza1968 · Film
Gambling Den's Master Clan1968 · Film
The Cheating Underworld1968 · Film · Gorô Yajima
Histories of the Chivalrous1968 · Film
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze1968 · Film
The Bandits1968 · Film · Yônosuke Minami
Henchmen1968 · Film · Ryuzô Okamoto
Gamblers: The Raid1968 · Film · Kōjirō Kogarashi
Scoundrel1968 · Film
Gambler's Farewell1968 · Film · Toru Kuroki
Big Time Gambling Boss1968 · Film · Shinjirô Nakai
Human Torpedoes1968 · Film
Code Between Brothers 61967 · Film · Chojiro Inagami
Gambler's World 21967 · Film · Shûkichi Hayakawa
Killer of Seven1967 · Film
Code Between Brothers 51967 · Film · Chojiro Inagami
Gambler's World1967 · Film · Toshihiko Mikami
Gambler: Victory Without Death1967 · Film
Tears of Banishment1967 · Film
Classmates1967 · Film · First Lieutenant Jinnouchi
Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II1967 · Film
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo1967 · Film · Unosuke Aiu
Dissolution Rites1967 · Film · Sawaki
Showdown of Men 21967 · Film
Organized Violence1967 · Film
Gamblers1967 · Film
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways1967 · Film
Three Gamblers1967 · Film · Naojiro Oshima
Code Between Brothers 31966 · Film
Seven Fugitives1966 · Film
Kingdom of Samurai1966 · Film
Rub Out the Past1966 · Film · Takeshi Kageyama
Code Between Brothers 21966 · Film · Chojiro Inagami
Seven Gamblers1966 · Film
Continental Drifter1966 · Film
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era1966 · Film
Three Generations of Yakuza1966 · Film
Code Between Brothers1966 · Film · Fujikami
Japan's Most Chivalrous1966 · Film · Isokichi Yoshida
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown1966 · Film
Code of Ruffians1965 · Film
Expelled from the Kanto Mob1965 · Film
One Man's Chivalry1965 · Film · Kikujirō
Blood of Revenge1965 · Film · Asajiro Kikuchi
The Kingdom of Jirocho 41965 · Film
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry1965 · Film
The Gambler1965 · Film
Underworld Code1965 · Film
The Tattooed Lord1965 · Film · Kinshiro Toyama
The Domain: The Naniwa Story1965 · Film
The Boss1965 · Film
Gamblers and Racketeers1964 · Film
Prison Gambler1964 · Film · Tachibana Isaburo
Two Lives, Two Yakuza1964 · Film · Shinjiro Kusakari
Gambler1964 · Film · Tachibana Isaburo
Homicide1964 · Film · Captain Ando
Life of Hishakaku 31964 · Film
The Kingdom of Jirocho 31964 · Film
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang1964 · Film
The Kingdom of Jirocho 21963 · Film
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance1963 · Film · Tahara
The Kingdom of Jirocho 11963 · Film · Shimizu no Jirocho
Legends of Honor1963 · Film
The Revenge and the Death1963 · Film
Duel of the Underworld1963 · Film
Life of Hishakaku 21963 · Film
Life of Hishakaku1963 · Film · Hishakaku
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers1963 · Film · 菊川志郎
Eleven Gangsters1963 · Film · Gondo
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze1962 · Film
Gang vs. G-Men1962 · Film · Shiro Kikukawa
Hell's Kitchen1962 · Film
365 Nights1962 · Film
Mid-August Commotion1962 · Film · Hiroshi Nakajima
The Sentencer1962 · Film
Gang vs. Gang1962 · Film
The Thinking Leaf1962 · Film
The Challenge1962 · Film · Kuroki
Sakura Official1962 · Film
Love at the Fogged Harbor1962 · Film
South Pacific Waves Are High1962 · Film
Lakeside Figure1961 · Film · Kakutaro Ogata
The Yellow Climate1961 · Film
Law in Ghost Island1961 · Film · Umihebi-no-Asanosuke
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery1961 · Film · Kazahaya​
Flower, Storm and Gangster1961 · Film · 'Hong Kong Joe'
Bride of White Castle1961 · Film
Red Flowers of Hell1961 · Film
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen1961 · Film
鳴門秘帖1961 · Film
I Am The Magician From Hell1961 · Film
Sword of Destiny1960 · Film
Scarier than the Devil1960 · Film
Cases of Hanshichi1960 · Film
Deep River Melody1960 · Film
The Sand City in Manchuria1960 · Film · Dr. Soda
University Bandits1960 · Film
The Storm of the Pacific1960 · Film · Lt. Tomonari
The Secret of the Telegian1960 · Film · Masaru Kirioka
The Last Gunfight1960 · Film · Tetsuo Maruyama
The Forgotten Waterfront1959 · Film
The Doom of Night1959 · Film
Desperado Outpost1959 · Film · Bandit Chieftain
Violent Ishimatsu1959 · Film
Saga of the Vagabonds1959 · Film · Taro Toki
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts1959 · Film
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love1959 · Film
The Big Boss1959 · Film · Ryuta Komatsu
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku1958 · Film
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō1958 · Film
Tenryū shibukigasa1958 · Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · Film · Kin'emon Okano
Mother1958 · Film · Yamakawa
Symphony of Love1958 · Film
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II1958 · Film · Senshiro
Boss of Hades1957 · Film
The Last Escape1957 · Film · Dr. Munakata
Blooms of Hell1957 · Film
Oshidori kenkagasa1957 · Film · Ishiro
Yagyu Secret Scrolls1957 · Film · Senshiro
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)1957 · Film · Kyoshiro Nemuri
Bojô no kawa1957 · Film
Itohan Monogatari1957 · Film · Tomoshichi
Pure Love1956 · Film
The Hoodlum and the Young Master1956 · Film
Outlaw island1956 · Film
Spark1956 · Film
The Underworld1956 · Film · Takao Shoji
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · Film · Kojiro Sasaki
Tactics of Love1955 · Film
The Romance of Yushima1955 · Film
The History of Love1955 · Film
School Girls1955 · Film
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955 · Film · Kojiro Sasaki
The Birth of Judo1955 · Film
A Man Among Men1955 · Film · Ken
Wedding Season1954 · Film
Daikichi Konomura1954 · Film · Daikichi Konomura
Asakusa at Night1954 · Film · Susumu Yamaura
Yakuza bayashi1954 · Film
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow1954 · Film
Tree of Love1954 · Film
The End of a Day1954 · Film · Lieutenant Uji
Hanran1954 · Film · Private Nakamura
Hana no shôgai1953 · Film · 大関和七郎
Field Nurse1953 · Film · Navy Lieutenant Yamamoto
At the End of the Clouds1953 · Film
Ganpeki1953 · Film
Night in Hawaii1953 · Film
学生社長1953 · Film · Jotaro Yamaji
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1952 · Film · Noboru Okada
Doctor's Day Off1952 · Film
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!1952 · Film
Over That Hill1951 · Film
An Angel Dreams Too1951 · Film
The Den of Beasts1951 · Film
男の哀愁1951 · Film
Battle of Roses1950 · Film
Hirenge1950 · Film
College Tiger1950 · Film
Crazy Uproar1950 · Film
Dōtei1950 · Film
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu1950 · Film
Kagebōshi1950 · Film · 宇津木新二郎
Yūkyō no mure1948 · Film

Filmography

Series

7 shows

The Tailor-Made Shirt1986 · Series
The Brave Man Says Little1983 · Series
The Lion Era1980 · Series
Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako1978 · Series
Ōgon no Hibi1978 · Series · Sen no Rikyū
The Roads Men Travel1976 · Series · Shintaro Yoshioka
The Shin Hasegawa Series1972 · Series · 沓掛時次郎