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
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kojiro SasakiA humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Kojiro SasakiAfter years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns...
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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
as Shûtaro KazamaA local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by...
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Noboru OkadaThe arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic...
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The Storm of the Pacific
as Lt. TomonariLt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the...
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Proof of the Man
as uncreditedWhen an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail...
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Sympathy for the Underdog
as Masuo GunjiA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to...
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The Imperial Navy
as uncreditedA lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Kin'emon OkanoJapan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for...
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Japan's Don
as Shuhei TatsumiA yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...
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Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
as Senzo ShigemuneDuke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an...
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as TabikiyoThe Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region....
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Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as uncreditedJunko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey...
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Daikichi Konomura
as Daikichi KonomuraA samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and,...
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The Story of a Man Among Men
as uncreditedDuring the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss...
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Japan Organized Crime Boss
as TsukamotoComing out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang...
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Three Gamblers
as Naojiro OshimaThree closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling...
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A Scarred Life
as uncreditedSet in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set...
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The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
as Kyoshiro NemuriHistorical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as SenshiroIn the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...
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Father of the Kamikaze
as Admiral Takijiro OnishiVice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to...
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The Last Kamikaze
as Captain MunakataWith World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
as Shimizu no JirochoThe tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a...
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Monument to Holy Service
as uncreditedA rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
as uncreditedThe ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.
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The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
as uncreditedThe Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Shinjiro KusakariAn early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an...
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Gambler
as Tachibana IsaburoThe main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is...
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The Biggest Gamble
as Itsuki MasajiWhen Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do...
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Code Between Brothers 3
as uncreditedA man finds great camaraderie while traveling.
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Gamblers: The Raid
as Kōjirō Kogarashi5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
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At the End of the Clouds
as uncreditedA movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
as uncreditedThe continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as uncreditedSecond film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as...
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The Sand City in Manchuria
as Dr. SodaWhen the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
as uncreditedJirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
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Sakura Official
as uncreditedAs Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan...
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Prison Gambler
as Tachibana IsaburoA film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which...
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Blood of Revenge
as Asajiro KikuchiOsaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean...
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The Secret of the Telegian
as Masaru KiriokaMen are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device...
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Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as TaharaA modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin...
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Dog of Fortune
as Noriyuki YasutakaFrom Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home....
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Gamblers
as uncreditedTsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former...
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A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
as Eijiro OnishiPresident of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the...
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Scarier than the Devil
as uncreditedA stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no...
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The Last Gunfight
as Tetsuo MaruyamaJapanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the...
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Gambler: Victory Without Death
as uncreditedTsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallable. After losing...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
as SanshuA story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
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Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
as Unosuke AiuThe second part of the Gamblers series.
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The Cheating Underworld
as Gorô YajimaGangsters are robbed of five hundred million yens.
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Fate Deals the Card of Death
as uncreditedSeijiro and Shizue meet in Niigata and fall in love. Seijiro has to go back to Tokyo soon after,...
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A Wad of Notes
as Ryuji KashigawaA lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After...
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Gambler's Farewell
as Toru KurokiThe story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading...
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Big Time Gambling Boss
as Shinjiro NakaiTokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers...
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The Yellow Climate
as uncreditedBased on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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The Big Boss
as Ryuta KomatsuRyuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...
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Down with The Big Boss
as Eikichi AritaIn pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the...
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The Challenge
as KurokiJournalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that...
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Flower, Storm and Gangster
as 'Hong Kong Joe'A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the...
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The Armed Organization
as uncreditedViolent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji...
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The Underworld
as uncreditedYakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become...
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Homicide
as Captain AndoThis film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of...
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Domineering
as OtomoWhen the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up...
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Life of Hishakaku
as HishakakuAfter eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf....
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Life of Hishakaku 2
as uncreditedUpon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain...
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Rub Out the Past
as Takeshi KageyamaA lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.
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Killer's Mission
as Shogun IeshigeIchibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to...
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Desperado Outpost
as Bandit ChieftainWhen Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the...
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Asaichi IsobeThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...
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Code Between Brothers
as FujikamiFamous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great...
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Gambler's Legacy
as Inagaki ChokichiA yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the...
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Gamblers and Racketeers
as uncreditedKomatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group...
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Code Between Brothers 2
as Chojiro InagamiThe services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal...
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Deep River Melody
as uncreditedA poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's...
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Battle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
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Tears of Banishment
as uncreditedNinkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
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Saga of the Vagabonds
as Taro TokiLord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men,...
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Rise and Fall of Chivalry
as uncreditedA reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
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365 Nights
as uncreditedA touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko...
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Doctor's Day Off
as uncreditedHaving completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day...
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Gate of Youth
as YabetoraThe story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal...
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Dissolution Rites
as SawakiSawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in...
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Code Between Brothers 5
as uncreditedSaburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai...
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Human Torpedoes
as uncreditedStory of loyal sailors giving their lives for their country as human torpedoes towards the end...
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Bride of White Castle
as uncreditedA young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young...
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Henchmen
as Ryuzô OkamotoThe three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city...
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Code Between Brothers 6
as uncreditedSixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in...
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The Drifting Gambler
as Eijiro Funaki8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
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The Thinking Leaf
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
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Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Joji TsukubaTaking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling...
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The Pledge
as uncreditedWhen Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict...
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Cases of Hanshichi
as uncreditedDetective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an...
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Mid-August Commotion
as uncreditedA suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers...
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Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
as KazahayaDetective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death...
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The Last True Yakuza
as Takao SugataA made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence...
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Gang and G-Men Part 2
as 菊川志郎A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that...
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Japanese Humanity and Justice
as uncreditedWhen a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to...
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Gambling Den's Master Clan
as uncreditedSixth entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.
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The Revenge and the Death
as uncreditedA gritty, noirish gangster saga.
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Law in Ghost Island
as Umihebi-no-AsanosukeUpon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady...
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Scoundrel
as uncreditedShimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his...
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The Romance of Yushima
as uncreditedHayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much...
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Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
as uncreditedSomewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a...
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Bloodstained Clan Of Honor
as KurokiIt takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created...
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Code of Ruffians
as uncreditedBecause of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or...
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Gambler's World 2
as Shûkichi HayakawaThriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
as uncreditedThe third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
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Life of Hishakaku 3
as uncreditedThird part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
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Gambler Biography
as Yûjirô WakamatsuHistorical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.
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Lakeside Figure
as Kakutaro OgataA story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate...
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The Boss
as uncreditedTeruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and...
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The Hard Core Criminal
as uncreditedIn the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in...
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Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
as uncreditedToru Sagara, a lone wolf assassin, is imprisoned for betraying his employer, Hanawa. After...
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Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II
as uncreditedThe fourth part in the series "Code Between Brothers". The story takes place in Fukagawa, Tokyo,...
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Jigoku bana
as uncreditedPeriod drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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House of Gamblers
as uncreditedKen Takakura stars as Ryoji one of the Aramasa family's loyal lieutenants whao takes the burden...
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A Gambler's Certain Death
as uncreditedPart 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic...
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Organized Violence
as uncreditedA war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
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Sword of Destiny
as uncreditedWhen master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his...
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
as uncreditedA young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as SenshiroIn the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...
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The Path of the King
as Minokichi KawaiWhen the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members...
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
as uncreditedAn honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of...
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as uncreditedThird part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's...
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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
as uncreditedAfter the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its...
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Seven Gamblers
as uncreditedHanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group...
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Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
as uncreditedA professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally...
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
as uncreditedWith his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedThe film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...
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Histories of the Chivalrous
as uncreditedA Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However...
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Gang vs. Gang
as uncreditedThe plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the...
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Wedding Season
as uncreditedUrban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks...
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Yakuza bayashi
as uncreditedMakino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko
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Kagebōshi
as 宇津木新二郎On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken...
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
as Kikutaro YukiThe seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the...
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The Bandits
as Yônosuke MinamiAction drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese...
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Gang vs. G-Men
as Shiro KikukawaTwo rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
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A Man Among Men
as KenGangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but...
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Outlaw island
as uncreditedThe southern tip of Shikoku. This village, surrounded by a bay, where, according to legend, the...
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The Sentencer
as uncreditedA man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
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Girls Behind Bars
as uncreditedA youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the...
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The End of a Day
as Lieutenant UjiMilitary doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl....
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Itohan Monogatari
as TomoshichiBased on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and...
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
as uncreditedA bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.
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Hikage-Mono
as uncreditedA Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
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Ankoku gai jingi
as uncreditedA big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it...
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Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss
as uncreditedTerajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when...
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The Gambler's Counterattack
as Aiba YusakuAiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang...
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Hana no shôgai
as 大関和七郎In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times,...
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One Man's Chivalry
as KikujirōTokizо, the boss of the Tenmaru-gumi group, assists Kikujiro, a traveler on the run. At this...
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浅草の夜
as Susumu YamauraA young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a...
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Legends of Honor
as uncreditedFirst ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
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Three Generations of Yakuza
as uncreditedThe film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not...
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Ōgon no Hibi
as Sen no RikyūLuzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly...
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The Lion Era
as uncreditedIt depicts how the winner, the Satsuma Clan, and the loser, the Aizu Clan, survive through the...
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Against The Grain
as Shintaro YoshiokaEmployees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds confront many...
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