Koji Tsuruta

Known For: Acting
Born: December 6, 1924
Place of Birth: Hamamatsu, Japan
Died: June 16, 1987

Koji Tsuruta

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.

Filmography

The Tailor-Made Shirt

1986

The Last True Yakuza

1985 · Takao Sugata

The Story of a Man Among Men

1984

The Brave Man Says Little

1983

Domineering

1982 · Otomo

The Imperial Navy

1981

Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer

Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer

1981 · Hagio

Love You Till I Die

1981

Gate of Youth

1981 · Yabetora

The Night of Martial Law

1980

The Lion Era

1980

Dog of Fortune

1979 · Noriyuki Yasutaka

Down with The Big Boss

1979 · Eikichi Arita

Monument to Holy Service

1978

Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako

1978

Ōgon no Hibi

1978 · Sen no Rikyū

Proof of the Man

1977

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

1977 · Senzo Shigemune

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1977

Japan's Don

1977 · Shuhei Tatsumi

The Roads Men Travel

1976 · Shintaro Yoshioka

Father of the Kamikaze

1974 · Admiral Takijiro Onishi

The Hard Core Criminal

1973

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

1972

Hikage-Mono

1972

Informal Dress

1972

The Shin Hasegawa Series

1972 · 沓掛時次郎

The Pledge

1972

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

1972

Gang Warfare

1972

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

1972 · Tabikiyo

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

1972 · Eijiro Onishi

The Man

1971

The Armed Organization

1971

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love

1971 · Sanshu

The Gambler's Counterattack

1971 · Aiba Yusaku

A Scarred Life

1971

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

1971 · Kikutaro Yuki

The Path of the King

1971 · Minokichi Kawai

Fate Deals the Card of Death

1971

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

1971 · Joji Tsukuba

Sympathy for the Underdog

1971 · Masuo Gunji

The Last Kamikaze

1970 · Captain Munakata

A Wad of Notes

1970 · Ryuji Kashigawa

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

1970

The Drifting Gambler

1970 · Eijiro Funaki

House of Gamblers

1970

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

1970

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

1970 · Kuroki

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

1970

Gambler's Legacy

1969 · Inagaki Chokichi

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

1969

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

1969 · Asaichi Isobe

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

1969

A Gambler's Certain Death

1969

Killer's Mission

1969 · Shogun Ieshige

Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969 · Tetsuo Tsukamoto

The Biggest Gamble

1969 · Itsuki Masaji

Gambler Biography

1968 · Yûjirô Wakamatsu

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

1968 · Shûtaro Kazama

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

1968

Gambling Den's Master Clan

1968

The Cheating Underworld

1968 · Gorô Yajima

Histories of the Chivalrous

1968

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

1968

The Bandits

1968 · Yônosuke Minami

Henchmen

1968 · Ryuzô Okamoto

Gamblers: The Raid

1968 · Kōjirō Kogarashi

Scoundrel

1968

Gambler's Farewell

1968 · Toru Kuroki

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968 · Shinjirô Nakai

Human Torpedoes

1968

Code Between Brothers 6

1967 · Chojiro Inagami

Gambler's World 2

1967 · Shûkichi Hayakawa

Killer of Seven

1967

Code Between Brothers 5

1967 · Chojiro Inagami

Gambler's World

1967 · Toshihiko Mikami

Gambler: Victory Without Death

1967

Tears of Banishment

1967

Classmates

1967 · First Lieutenant Jinnouchi

Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II

1967

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

1967 · Unosuke Aiu

Dissolution Rites

1967 · Sawaki

Showdown of Men 2

1967

Organized Violence

1967

Gamblers

1967

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

1967

Three Gamblers

1967 · Naojiro Oshima

Code Between Brothers 3

1966

Seven Fugitives

1966

Kingdom of Samurai

1966

Rub Out the Past

1966 · Takeshi Kageyama

Code Between Brothers 2

1966 · Chojiro Inagami

Seven Gamblers

1966

Continental Drifter

1966

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

1966

Three Generations of Yakuza

1966

Code Between Brothers

1966 · Fujikami

Japan's Most Chivalrous

1966 · Isokichi Yoshida

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

1966

Code of Ruffians

1965

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

1965

One Man's Chivalry

1965 · Kikujirō

Blood of Revenge

1965 · Asajiro Kikuchi

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

1965

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

1965

The Gambler

1965

Underworld Code

1965

The Tattooed Lord

1965 · Kinshiro Toyama

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

1965

The Boss

1965

Gamblers and Racketeers

1964

Prison Gambler

1964 · Tachibana Isaburo

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

1964 · Shinjiro Kusakari

Gambler

1964 · Tachibana Isaburo

Homicide

1964 · Captain Ando

Life of Hishakaku 3

1964

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

1964

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang

1964

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

1963

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1963 · Tahara

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

1963 · Shimizu no Jirocho

Legends of Honor

1963

The Revenge and the Death

1963

Duel of the Underworld

1963

Life of Hishakaku 2

1963

Life of Hishakaku

1963 · Hishakaku

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers

1963 · 菊川志郎

Eleven Gangsters

1963 · Gondo

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1962

Gang vs. G-Men

1962 · Shiro Kikukawa

Hell's Kitchen

1962

365 Nights

1962

Mid-August Commotion

1962 · Hiroshi Nakajima

The Sentencer

1962

Gang vs. Gang

1962

The Thinking Leaf

1962

The Challenge

1962 · Kuroki

Sakura Official

1962

Love at the Fogged Harbor

1962

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962

Lakeside Figure

1961 · Kakutaro Ogata

The Yellow Climate

1961

Law in Ghost Island

1961 · Umihebi-no-Asanosuke

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

1961 · Kazahaya

Flower, Storm and Gangster

1961 · 'Hong Kong Joe'

Bride of White Castle

1961

Red Flowers of Hell

1961

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

1961

鳴門秘帖

1961

Hell's Juggler

1961

Sword of Destiny

1960

Scarier than the Devil

1960

Cases of Hanshichi

1960

Deep River Melody

1960

The Sand City in Manchuria

1960 · Dr. Soda

University Bandits

1960

The Storm of the Pacific

1960 · Lt. Tomonari

The Secret of the Telegian

1960 · Masaru Kirioka

The Last Gunfight

1960 · Tetsuo Maruyama

The Forgotten Waterfront

1959

Desperado Outpost

1959 · Bandit Chieftain

Saga of the Vagabonds

1959 · Taro Toki

The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love

1959

The Big Boss

1959 · Ryuta Komatsu

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

1958 · Kyoshiro Nemuri

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958 · Kin'emon Okano

Mother

1958 · Yamakawa

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

1958 · Senshiro

Boss of Hades

1957

The Last Escape

1957 · Dr. Munakata

Jigoku bana

1957

Oshidori kenkagasa

1957 · Ishiro

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957 · Senshiro

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

1957 · Kyoshiro Nemuri

Bojô no kawa

1957

Itohan Monogatari

1957 · Tomoshichi

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

1956 · Kyoshiro Nemuri

Pure Love

1956

The Hoodlum and the Young Master

1956

Outlaw island

1956

The Underworld

1956 · Takao Shoji

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956 · Kojiro Sasaki

Tactics of Love

1955

The Romance of Yushima

1955

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955 · Kojiro Sasaki

A Man Among Men

1955 · Ken

Wedding Season

1954

Daikichi Konomura

1954 · Daikichi Konomura

Asakusa at Night

1954 · Susumu Yamaura

Yakuza bayashi

1954

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

1954

Tree of Love

1954

The End of a Day

1954 · Lieutenant Uji

Hanran

1954 · Private Nakamura

Hana no shôgai

1953 · 大関和七郎

Yasen kangofu

1953 · Navy Lieutenant Yamamoto

At the End of the Clouds

1953

Ganpeki

1953

Night in Hawaii

1953

学生社長

1953 · Jotaro Yamaji

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952 · Noboru Okada

Doctor's Day Off

1952

Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!

1952

Over That Hill

1951

The Den of Beasts

1951

男の哀愁

1951

Battle of Roses

1950

Hirenge

1950

College Tiger

1950

Crazy Uproar

1950

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

1950

Kagebōshi

1950 · 宇津木新二郎

Yūkyō no mure

1948

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