

Acting
Koji Tsuruta
- Titles
- 95movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 1986, busiest in 1968 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 78top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Violence7.2average 4.2
- Crime6.0average 3.7
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Adrenaline6.4average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, average 5.4
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Cringe Humor1.3, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 17
- Gang Warfare 9
- Yakuza 7
- Social Commentary 7
- Period Piece 6
- Revenge 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Feudal Japan 4
- Samurai Film 3
- Yakuza Drama 3
- Crime 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Sumiko FujiActorThe Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, The Brave Man Says Little, Gambler, The Last Kamikaze, The Tattooed Lord, +9 more
Kyōsuke MachidaActorThe Bandits, The Last True Yakuza, A Wad of Notes, Bloodstained Clan of Honor, The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, +9 more- AAkira MuraoWriterThe Last True Yakuza, Gambler, Blood of Revenge, Two Lives, Two Yakuza, Code Between Brothers 6, +9 more
Shigehiro OzawaDirectorGambler's Legacy, The Bandits, A Wad of Notes, Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo, Gambler, +7 more
Tomisaburō WakayamaActorSympathy for the Underdog, Japan Organized Crime Boss, Gambler's Legacy, The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, Henchmen, +6 more
Tatsuo EndōActorThe Shin Hasegawa Series, Gambler's Legacy, The Bandits, Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo, Gambler, +6 more- KKozo HoriikeEditorThe Bandits, A Wad of Notes, Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo, Japan's Don, Gambler, +6 more
Toshirō MifuneActorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, The Storm of the Pacific, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, The Last Gunfight, The Underworld, +5 more
Chūji KinoshitaComposerThe Shin Hasegawa Series, Father of the Kamikaze, Bloodstained Clan of Honor, The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, Mid-August Commotion, +4 more- OOsamu TanakaEditorSympathy for the Underdog, Japan Organized Crime Boss, Dissolution Rites, Gambler's Farewell, The Cheating Underworld, +4 more
Kōsaku YamashitaDirectorThe Shin Hasegawa Series, The Last True Yakuza, Father of the Kamikaze, Code Between Brothers 5, The Drifting Gambler, +4 more- SShintarō MiyamotoEditorThe Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang, The Kingdom of Jirocho 1, The Tattooed Lord, Rub Out the Past, Code Between Brothers 5, +4 more
Movies and TV shows
103Upcoming
1 title
TV show
1980s
7 titles
TV show
as Takao Sugata
as Otomo
as Yabetora
TV show
1970s
21 titles · average score 68
as Noriyuki Yasutaka
as Shuhei Tatsumi
TV show · as Shintaro Yoshioka
as Admiral Takijiro Onishi
as Tabikiyo
as Eijiro Onishi
as Masuo Gunji
as Joji Tsukuba
as Aiba Yusaku
as Kuroki
as Captain Munakata
as Ryuji Kashigawa
1960s
48 titles · average score 67
as Tetsuo Tsukamoto
as Inagaki Chokichi
as Shinjirô Nakai
as Toru Kuroki
as Sawaki
as Asajiro Kikuchi
as Shimizu no Jirocho
as Hishakaku
as Kuroki
as Masaru Kirioka
as Lt. Tomonari
as Tetsuo Maruyama
1950s
26 titles · average score 74
as Ryuta Komatsu
as Taro Toki
as Kin'emon Okano
as Senshiro
as Tomoshichi
as Kojiro Sasaki
as Takao Shoji
as Kojiro Sasaki
as Ken
as Susumu Yamaura
as Noboru Okada












































