Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Known for
Acting
Born
December 6, 1924
Died
June 16, 1987 (aged 62)
Birthplace
Hamamatsu, Japan

Biography

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

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Filmography

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警視庁殺人課 poster

警視庁殺人課

TV · 1 ep

1986
The Tailor-Made Shirt poster

The Tailor-Made Shirt

TV · 6 eps

1985
The Last True Yakuza poster

The Last True Yakuza

Movie · as Takao Sugata

1984
The Story of a Man Among Men poster

The Story of a Man Among Men

Movie

1983
The Brave Man Says Little poster

The Brave Man Says Little

TV · 4 eps

1982
Domineering poster

Domineering

Movie · as Otomo

1982
War After Truce poster

War After Truce

Movie

1981
Gate of Youth poster

Gate of Youth

Movie · as Yabetora

1981
The Imperial Navy poster

The Imperial Navy

Movie

1981
Love You Till I Die poster

Love You Till I Die

Movie

1981
Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer

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

Movie · as Hagio

1980
The Night of Martial Law poster

The Night of Martial Law

Movie

1980
The Lion Era poster

The Lion Era

TV · 51 eps

1979
Dog of Fortune poster

Dog of Fortune

Movie · as Noriyuki Yasutaka

1979
Down with The Big Boss poster

Down with The Big Boss

Movie · as Eikichi Arita

1978
Monument to Holy Service poster

Monument to Holy Service

Movie

1978
Ōgon no Hibi poster

Ōgon no Hibi

TV · as Sen no Rikyū · 51 eps

1978
Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako poster

Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako

TV · 2 eps

1977
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon poster

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

Movie · as Senzo Shigemune

1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice poster

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Movie

1977
Proof of the Man poster

Proof of the Man

Movie

1977
Japanese Godfather poster

Japanese Godfather

Movie · as Shuhei Tatsumi

1976
The Roads Men Travel poster

The Roads Men Travel

TV · as Shintaro Yoshioka · 12 eps

1974
Father of the Kamikaze poster

Father of the Kamikaze

Movie · as Admiral Takijiro Onishi

1973
The Hard Core Criminal poster

The Hard Core Criminal

Movie

1972
The Pledge poster

The Pledge

Movie

1972
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die poster

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

Movie

1972
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell poster

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

Movie · as Eijiro Onishi

1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang poster

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

Movie · as Tabikiyo

1972
Gang Warfare poster

Gang Warfare

Movie

1972
Informal Dress poster

Informal Dress

Movie

1972
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory poster

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

Movie

1972
Hikage-Mono poster

Hikage-Mono

Movie

1972
The Shin Hasegawa Series poster

The Shin Hasegawa Series

TV · as 沓掛時次郎 · 30 eps

1971
Sympathy for the Underdog poster

Sympathy for the Underdog

Movie · as Masuo Gunji

1971
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You poster

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

Movie · as Kikutaro Yuki

1971
Fate Deals the Card of Death poster

Fate Deals the Card of Death

Movie

1971
The Path of the King poster

The Path of the King

Movie · as Minokichi Kawai

1971
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love poster

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love

Movie · as Sanshu

1971
A Scarred Life poster

A Scarred Life

Movie

1971
The Armed Organization poster

The Armed Organization

Movie

1971
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler poster

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

Movie · as Joji Tsukuba

1971
The Gambler's Counterattack poster

The Gambler's Counterattack

Movie · as Aiba Yusaku

1971
The Man poster

The Man

Movie

1970
Bloodstained Clan of Honor poster

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

Movie · as Kuroki

1970
Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers poster

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

Movie

1970
The Last Kamikaze poster

The Last Kamikaze

Movie · as Captain Munakata

1970
Rise and Fall of Chivalry poster

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

Movie

1970
A Wad of Notes poster

A Wad of Notes

Movie · as Ryuji Kashigawa

1970
House of Gamblers poster

House of Gamblers

Movie

1970
The Drifting Gambler poster

The Drifting Gambler

Movie · as Eijiro Funaki

1970
Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss poster

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

Movie

1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss poster

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Movie · as Tetsuo Tsukamoto

1969
Killer's Mission poster

Killer's Mission

Movie · as Shogun Ieshige

1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations poster

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Movie · as Asaichi Isobe

1969
Gambler's Legacy poster

Gambler's Legacy

Movie · as Inagaki Chokichi

1969
The Biggest Gamble poster

The Biggest Gamble

Movie · as Itsuki Masaji

1969
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room poster

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Movie

1969
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers poster

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

Movie

1969
A Gambler's Certain Death poster

A Gambler's Certain Death

Movie

1968
Henchmen poster

Henchmen

Movie · as Ryuzô Okamoto

1968
Scoundrel poster

Scoundrel

Movie

1968
Human Torpedoes poster

Human Torpedoes

Movie

1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze poster

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

Movie

1968
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza poster

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

Movie

1968
Gambler's Farewell poster

Gambler's Farewell

Movie · as Toru Kuroki

1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation poster

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

Movie · as Shûtaro Kazama

1968
Big Time Gambling Boss poster

Big Time Gambling Boss

Movie · as Shinjirô Nakai

1968
The Cheating Underworld poster

The Cheating Underworld

Movie · as Gorô Yajima

1968
Gamblers: The Raid poster

Gamblers: The Raid

Movie · as Kōjirō Kogarashi

1968
Gambling Den's Master Clan poster

Gambling Den's Master Clan

Movie

1968
Histories of the Chivalrous poster

Histories of the Chivalrous

Movie

1968
The Bandits poster

The Bandits

Movie · as Yônosuke Minami

1968
Gambler Biography poster

Gambler Biography

Movie · as Yûjirô Wakamatsu

1967
Killer of Seven poster

Killer of Seven

Movie

1967
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways poster

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

Movie

1967
Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II poster

Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II

Movie

1967
Classmates poster

Classmates

Movie · as First Lieutenant Jinnouchi

1967
Dissolution Rites poster

Dissolution Rites

Movie · as Sawaki

1967
Gambler's World 2 poster

Gambler's World 2

Movie · as Shûkichi Hayakawa

1967
Gambler's World poster

Gambler's World

Movie · as Toshihiko Mikami

1967
Code Between Brothers 5 poster

Code Between Brothers 5

Movie · as Chojiro Inagami

1967
Organized Violence poster

Organized Violence

Movie

1967
Code Between Brothers 6 poster

Code Between Brothers 6

Movie · as Chojiro Inagami

1967
Gamblers: Victory Without Death poster

Gamblers: Victory Without Death

Movie

1967
Three Gamblers poster

Three Gamblers

Movie · as Naojiro Oshima

1967
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo poster

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

Movie · as Unosuke Aiu

1967
Showdown of Men 2 poster

Showdown of Men 2

Movie

1967
Tears of Banishment poster

Tears of Banishment

Movie

1967
Gamblers poster

Gamblers

Movie

1966
Three Generations of Yakuza poster

Three Generations of Yakuza

Movie

1966
Kingdom of Samurai poster

Kingdom of Samurai

Movie

1966
Continental Drifter poster

Continental Drifter

Movie

1966
Code Between Brothers 3 poster

Code Between Brothers 3

Movie

1966
Code Between Brothers 2 poster

Code Between Brothers 2

Movie · as Chojiro Inagami

1966
Code Between Brothers poster

Code Between Brothers

Movie · as Fujikami

1966
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era poster

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

Movie

1966
Rub Out the Past poster

Rub Out the Past

Movie · as Takeshi Kageyama

1966
Seven Gamblers poster

Seven Gamblers

Movie

1966
Seven Fugitives poster

Seven Fugitives

Movie

1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous poster

Japan's Most Chivalrous

Movie · as Isokichi Yoshida

1966
The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown poster

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

Movie

1965
One Man's Chivalry poster

One Man's Chivalry

Movie · as Kikujirō

1965
Underworld Code poster

Underworld Code

Movie

1965
The Gambler poster

The Gambler

Movie

1965
Blood of Revenge poster

Blood of Revenge

Movie · as Asajiro Kikuchi

1965
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry poster

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

Movie

1965
The Boss poster

The Boss

Movie

1965
The Domain: The Naniwa Story poster

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

Movie

1965
Code of Ruffians poster

Code of Ruffians

Movie

1965
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 poster

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

Movie

1965
The Tattooed Lord poster

The Tattooed Lord

Movie · as Kinshiro Toyama

1965
Expelled from the Kanto Mob poster

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

Movie

1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza poster

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

Movie · as Shinjiro Kusakari

1964
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang poster

Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang

Movie

1964
Homicide poster

Homicide

Movie · as Captain Ando

1964
Gamblers and Racketeers poster

Gamblers and Racketeers

Movie

1964
Gambler poster

Gambler

Movie · as Tachibana Isaburo

1964
Life of Hishakaku 3 poster

Life of Hishakaku 3

Movie

1964
Prison Gambler poster

Prison Gambler

Movie · as Tachibana Isaburo

1964
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 poster

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

Movie

1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 poster

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

Movie

1963
Life of Hishakaku poster

Life of Hishakaku

Movie · as Hishakaku

1963
Eleven Gangsters poster

Eleven Gangsters

Movie · as Gondo

1963
The Revenge and the Death poster

The Revenge and the Death

Movie

1963
Life of Hishakaku 2 poster

Life of Hishakaku 2

Movie

1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance poster

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Movie · as Tahara

1963
Legends of Honor poster

Legends of Honor

Movie

1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 poster

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

Movie · as Shimizu no Jirocho

1963
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers poster

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers

Movie · as 菊川志郎

1963
Duel of the Underworld poster

Duel of the Underworld

Movie

1962
South Pacific Waves Are High poster

South Pacific Waves Are High

Movie

1962
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze poster

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

Movie

1962
Gang vs. Gang poster

Gang vs. Gang

Movie

1962
The Challenge poster

The Challenge

Movie · as Kuroki

1962
365 Nights poster

365 Nights

Movie

1962
The Sentencer poster

The Sentencer

Movie

1962
Sakura Official poster

Sakura Official

Movie

1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor poster

Love at the Fogged Harbor

Movie

1962
Gang vs. G-Men poster

Gang vs. G-Men

Movie · as Shiro Kikukawa

1962
The Thinking Leaf poster

The Thinking Leaf

Movie

1962
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

Movie

1962
Mid-August Commotion poster

Mid-August Commotion

Movie · as Hiroshi Nakajima

1961
Red Flowers of Hell poster

Red Flowers of Hell

Movie

1961
Flower, Storm and Gangster poster

Flower, Storm and Gangster

Movie · as 'Hong Kong Joe'

1961
Law in Ghost Island poster

Law in Ghost Island

Movie · as Umihebi-no-Asanosuke

1961
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery poster

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Movie · as Kazahaya​

1961
Lakeside Figure poster

Lakeside Figure

Movie · as Kakutaro Ogata

1961
Bride of White Castle poster

Bride of White Castle

Movie

1961
The Yellow Climate poster

The Yellow Climate

Movie

1961
I Am The Magician From Hell poster

I Am The Magician From Hell

Movie

1961
鳴門秘帖 poster

鳴門秘帖

Movie

1961
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen poster

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

Movie

1960
The Secret of the Telegian poster

The Secret of the Telegian

Movie · as Masaru Kirioka

1960
The Last Gunfight poster

The Last Gunfight

Movie · as Tetsuo Maruyama

1960
University Bandits poster

University Bandits

Movie

1960
The Storm of the Pacific poster

The Storm of the Pacific

Movie · as Lt. Tomonari

1960
The Sand City in Manchuria poster

The Sand City in Manchuria

Movie · as Dr. Soda

1960
Deep River Melody poster

Deep River Melody

Movie

1960
Scarier than the Devil poster

Scarier than the Devil

Movie

1960
Sword of Destiny poster

Sword of Destiny

Movie

1960
Cases of Hanshichi poster

Cases of Hanshichi

Movie

1959
Desperado Outpost poster

Desperado Outpost

Movie · as Bandit Chieftain

1959
Saga of the Vagabonds poster

Saga of the Vagabonds

Movie · as Taro Toki

1959
The Big Boss poster

The Big Boss

Movie · as Ryuta Komatsu

1959
The Forgotten Waterfront poster

The Forgotten Waterfront

Movie

1959
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love poster

The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love

Movie

1959
The Doom of Night poster

The Doom of Night

Movie

1959
Violent Ishimatsu poster

Violent Ishimatsu

Movie

1959
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts poster

Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts

Movie

1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II poster

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Movie · as Senshiro

1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku poster

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Movie

1958
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō poster

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

Movie

1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Movie · as Kyoshiro Nemuri

1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin poster

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Movie · as Kin'emon Okano

1958
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Yamakawa

1958
Symphony of Love poster

Symphony of Love

Movie

1958
Tenryū shibukigasa poster

Tenryū shibukigasa

Movie

1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls poster

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Movie · as Senshiro

1957
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) poster

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

Movie · as Kyoshiro Nemuri

1957
Blooms of Hell poster

Blooms of Hell

Movie

1957
Itohan Monogatari poster

Itohan Monogatari

Movie · as Tomoshichi

1957
Oshidori kenkagasa poster

Oshidori kenkagasa

Movie · as Ishiro

1957
Boss of Hades poster

Boss of Hades

Movie

1957
Bojô no kawa poster

Bojô no kawa

Movie

1957
The Last Escape poster

The Last Escape

Movie · as Dr. Munakata

1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island poster

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Movie · as Kojiro Sasaki

1956
Outlaw island poster

Outlaw island

Movie

1956
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

Movie · as Kyoshiro Nemuri

1956
The Underworld poster

The Underworld

Movie · as Takao Shoji

1956
The Hoodlum and the Young Master poster

The Hoodlum and the Young Master

Movie

1956
Pure Love poster

Pure Love

Movie

1956
Spark poster

Spark

Movie

1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Movie · as Kojiro Sasaki

1955
A Man Among Men poster

A Man Among Men

Movie · as Ken

1955
The Romance of Yushima poster

The Romance of Yushima

Movie

1955
Tactics of Love poster

Tactics of Love

Movie

1955
School Girls poster

School Girls

Movie

1955
The History of Love poster

The History of Love

Movie

1955
The Birth of Judo poster

The Birth of Judo

Movie

1954
Tree of Love poster

Tree of Love

Movie

1954
Yakuza bayashi poster

Yakuza bayashi

Movie

1954
Hanran poster

Hanran

Movie · as Private Nakamura

1954
Wedding Season poster

Wedding Season

Movie

1954
Asakusa at Night poster

Asakusa at Night

Movie · as Susumu Yamaura

1954
Daikichi Konomura poster

Daikichi Konomura

Movie · as Daikichi Konomura

1954
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow poster

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Movie

1954
The End of a Day poster

The End of a Day

Movie · as Lieutenant Uji

1953
Night in Hawaii poster

Night in Hawaii

Movie

1953
Hana no shôgai poster

Hana no shôgai

Movie · as 大関和七郎

1953
Field Nurse poster

Field Nurse

Movie · as Navy Lieutenant Yamamoto

1953
At the End of the Clouds poster

At the End of the Clouds

Movie

1953
Ganpeki poster

Ganpeki

Movie

1953
学生社長 poster

学生社長

Movie · as Jotaro Yamaji

1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice poster

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Movie · as Noboru Okada

1952
Doctor's Day Off poster

Doctor's Day Off

Movie

1952
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers! poster

Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!

Movie

1951
男の哀愁 poster

男の哀愁

Movie

1951
The Den of Beasts poster

The Den of Beasts

Movie

1951
Over That Hill poster

Over That Hill

Movie

1951
An Angel Dreams Too poster

An Angel Dreams Too

Movie

1950
Kagebōshi poster

Kagebōshi

Movie · as 宇津木新二郎

1950
Hirenge poster

Hirenge

Movie

1950
Battle of Roses poster

Battle of Roses

Movie

1950
Crazy Uproar poster

Crazy Uproar

Movie

1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu poster

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

Movie

1950
College Tiger poster

College Tiger

Movie

1950
Dōtei

Dōtei

Movie

1948
Yūkyō no mure poster

Yūkyō no mure

Movie