Koji Tsuruta

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Hamamatsu, Japan

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

06 December 1924, 101 years old

Known For

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Sympathy for the Underdog

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

Proof of the Man

Big Time Gambling Boss

The Imperial Navy

Desperado Outpost

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Last True Yakuza

Takao Sugata

1985

The Story of a Man Among Men

1984

Domineering

Otomo

1982

The Imperial Navy

1981

Love You Till I Die

1981

Gate of Youth

Yabetora

1981

The Night of Martial Law

1980

Dog of Fortune

Noriyuki Yasutaka

1979

Down with The Big Boss

Eikichi Arita

1979

Monument to Holy Service

1978

Proof of the Man

1977

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

Senzo Shigemune

1977

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1977

Japan's Don

Shuhei Tatsumi

1977

Father of the Kamikaze

Admiral Takijiro Onishi

1974

The Hard Core Criminal

1973

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die

1972

Hikage-Mono

1972

Informal Dress

1972

The Pledge

1972

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

1972

Gang Warfare

1972

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

Tabikiyo

1972

A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell

Eijiro Onishi

1972

The Man

1971

The Armed Organization

1971

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love

Sanshu

1971

The Gambler's Counterattack

Aiba Yusaku

1971

A Scarred Life

1971

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

Kikutaro Yuki

1971

The Path of the King

Minokichi Kawai

1971

Fate Deals the Card of Death

1971

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

Joji Tsukuba

1971

Sympathy for the Underdog

Masuo Gunji

1971

The Last Kamikaze

Captain Munakata

1970

A Wad of Notes

Ryuji Kashigawa

1970

Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss

1970

The Drifting Gambler

Eijiro Funaki

1970

House of Gamblers

1970

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

1970

Bloodstained Clan of Honor

Kuroki

1970

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

1970

Gambler's Legacy

Inagaki Chokichi

1969

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

1969

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Asaichi Isobe

1969

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

1969

A Gambler's Certain Death

1969

Killer's Mission

Shogun Ieshige

1969

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Tetsuo Tsukamoto

1969

The Biggest Gamble

Itsuki Masaji

1969

Gambler Biography

Yûjirô Wakamatsu

1968

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

Shûtaro Kazama

1968

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza

1968

Gambling Den's Master Clan

1968

The Cheating Underworld

Gorô Yajima

1968

Histories of the Chivalrous

1968

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

1968

The Bandits

Yônosuke Minami

1968

Henchmen

Ryuzô Okamoto

1968

Gamblers: The Raid

Kōjirō Kogarashi

1968

Scoundrel

1968

Gambler's Farewell

Toru Kuroki

1968

Big Time Gambling Boss

Shinjirô Nakai

1968

Human Torpedoes

1968

Code Between Brothers 6

Chojiro Inagami

1967

Gambler's World 2

Shûkichi Hayakawa

1967

Killer of Seven

1967

Code Between Brothers 5

Chojiro Inagami

1967

Gambler's World

Toshihiko Mikami

1967

Gambler: Victory Without Death

1967

Tears of Banishment

1967

Classmates

First Lieutenant Jinnouchi

1967

Code Between Brothers: Three Brothers of Kanto, Part II

1967

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

Unosuke Aiu

1967

Dissolution Rites

Sawaki

1967

Showdown of Men 2

1967

Organized Violence

1967

Gamblers

1967

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

1967

Three Gamblers

Naojiro Oshima

1967

Code Between Brothers 3

1966

Seven Fugitives

1966

Kingdom of Samurai

1966

Rub Out the Past

Takeshi Kageyama

1966

Code Between Brothers 2

Chojiro Inagami

1966

Seven Gamblers

1966

Continental Drifter

1966

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

1966

Three Generations of Yakuza

1966

Code Between Brothers

Fujikami

1966

Japan's Most Chivalrous

Isokichi Yoshida

1966

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

1966

Code of Ruffians

1965

One Man's Chivalry

Kikujirō

1965

Blood of Revenge

Asajiro Kikuchi

1965

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

1965

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

1965

The Gambler

1965

Ankoku gai jingi

1965

The Tattooed Lord

Kinshiro Toyama

1965

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

1965

The Boss

1965

Gamblers and Racketeers

1964

Prison Gambler

Tachibana Isaburo

1964

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

Shinjiro Kusakari

1964

Gambler

Tachibana Isaburo

1964

Homicide

Captain Ando

1964

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

Tahara

1963

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

Shimizu no Jirocho

1963

Legends of Honor

1963

The Revenge and the Death

1963

Duel of the Underworld

1963

Life of Hishakaku 2

1963

Life of Hishakaku

Hishakaku

1963

Gang and G-Men Part 2

菊川志郎

1963

Eleven Gangsters

Gondo

1963

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1962

Gang vs. G-Men

Shiro Kikukawa

1962

Hell's Kitchen

1962

365 Nights

1962

Mid-August Commotion

Hiroshi Nakajima

1962

The Sentencer

1962

Gang vs. Gang

1962

The Thinking Leaf

1962

The Challenge

Kuroki

1962

Sakura Official

1962

Love at the Fogged Harbor

1962

South Pacific Waves Are High

1962

Lakeside Figure

Kakutaro Ogata

1961

The Yellow Climate

1961

Law in Ghost Island

Umihebi-no-Asanosuke

1961

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Kazahaya

1961

Flower, Storm and Gangster

'Hong Kong Joe'

1961

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

Dr. Soda

1960

University Bandits

1960

The Storm of the Pacific

Lt. Tomonari

1960

The Secret of the Telegian

Masaru Kirioka

1960

The Last Gunfight

Tetsuo Maruyama

1960

Desperado Outpost

Bandit Chieftain

1959

Saga of the Vagabonds

Taro Toki

1959

The Big Boss

Ryuta Komatsu

1959

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958

The Spell of the Hidden Gold

Kyoshiro Nemuri

1958

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Kin'emon Okano

1958

Mother

Yamakawa

1958

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Senshiro

1958

Boss of Hades

1957

Jigoku bana

1957

Oshidori kenkagasa

Ishiro

1957

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Senshiro

1957

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)

Kyoshiro Nemuri

1957

Bojô no kawa

1957

Itohan Monogatari

Tomoshichi

1957

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

Kyoshiro Nemuri

1956

Outlaw island

1956

The Underworld

Takao Shoji

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Kojiro Sasaki

1956

Tactics of Love

1955

The Romance of Yushima

1955

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Kojiro Sasaki

1955

A Man Among Men

Ken

1955

Wedding Season

1954

Daikichi Konomura

1954

Asakusa at Night

Susumu Yamaura

1954

Yakuza bayashi

1954

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

1954

Aizen katsura

1954

The End of a Day

Lieutenant Uji

1954

Hanran

Private Nakamura

1954

Hana no shôgai

大関和七郎

1953

Yasen kangofu

Navy Lieutenant Yamamoto

1953

At the End of the Clouds

1953

Ganpeki

1953

Night in Hawaii

1953

学生社長

Jotaro Yamaji

1953

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Noboru Okada

1952

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

Crazy Uproar

1950

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

1950

Kagebōshi

宇津木新二郎

1950

Yūkyō no mure

1948