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Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

1924-12-06

Hamamatsu, Japan

ACTING

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.

Best 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

Battle of Roses

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Last Gunfight

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

Killer's Mission

The Secret of the Telegian

The Storm of the Pacific

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Japan Organized Crime Boss

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Flower, Storm and Gangster

Blood of Revenge

A Wad of Notes

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

The Pledge

The Last True Yakuza

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Filmography:

Kagebōshi (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
宇津木新二郎
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Noboru Okada
Hana no shôgai (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
大関和七郎
The End of a Day (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Lieutenant Uji
Hanran (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Private Nakamura
Asakusa at Night (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Susumu Yamaura
Daikichi Konomura (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Daikichi Konomura
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
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APPEREAD AS:
Kojiro Sasaki

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A Man Among Men (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Ken
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
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APPEREAD AS:
Kojiro Sasaki
The Underworld (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Takao Shoji
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Senshiro
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Kyoshiro Nemuri
Itohan Monogatari (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Tomoshichi
Oshidori kenkagasa (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Ishiro
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Senshiro

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The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Kin'emon Okano
Mother (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Yamakawa
Desperado Outpost (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Bandit Chieftain
The Big Boss (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Ryuta Komatsu
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Taro Toki
The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Masaru Kirioka
The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Lt. Tomonari
The Last Gunfight (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Tetsuo Maruyama
The Sand City in Manchuria (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Soda
Flower, Storm and Gangster (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
'Hong Kong Joe'
Law in Ghost Island (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Umihebi-no-Asanosuke
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Kazahaya
Lakeside Figure (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Kakutaro Ogata
The Challenge (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Kuroki
Gang vs. G-Men (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Shiro Kikukawa
Life of Hishakaku (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Hishakaku
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Shimizu no Jirocho
Eleven Gangsters (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Gondo
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Tahara
Gang and G-Men Part 2 (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
菊川志郎
Gambler (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Tachibana Isaburo
Prison Gambler (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Tachibana Isaburo
Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Shinjiro Kusakari
Homicide (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Captain Ando
Blood of Revenge (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Asajiro Kikuchi
The Tattooed Lord (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Kinshiro Toyama
One Man's Chivalry (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Kikujirō
Code Between Brothers (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Fujikami
Code Between Brothers 2 (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Chojiro Inagami
Rub Out the Past (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Takeshi Kageyama
Japan's Most Chivalrous (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Isokichi Yoshida
Classmates (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
First Lieutenant Jinnouchi
Dissolution Rites (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Sawaki
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Unosuke Aiu
Gambler's World 2 (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Shûkichi Hayakawa
Gambler's World (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Toshihiko Mikami
Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Chojiro Inagami
Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Chojiro Inagami
Three Gamblers (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Naojiro Oshima
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Shûtaro Kazama
Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Shinjirô Nakai
Gambler's Farewell (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Toru Kuroki
The Cheating Underworld (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Gorô Yajima
Gamblers: The Raid (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Kōjirō Kogarashi
Gambler Biography (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Yûjirô Wakamatsu
The Bandits (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Yônosuke Minami
Henchmen (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Ryuzô Okamoto
Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Tetsuo Tsukamoto
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Asaichi Isobe
Killer's Mission (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Shogun Ieshige
Gambler's Legacy (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Inagaki Chokichi
The Biggest Gamble (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Itsuki Masaji
Bloodstained Clan of Honor (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Kuroki
The Last Kamikaze (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Captain Munakata
A Wad of Notes (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Ryuji Kashigawa
The Drifting Gambler (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Eijiro Funaki
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Masuo Gunji
Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Kikutaro Yuki
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Sanshu
The Path of the King (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Minokichi Kawai
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Joji Tsukuba
The Gambler's Counterattack (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Aiba Yusaku
The Shin Hasegawa Series (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
沓掛時次郎
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Tabikiyo
A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell (1972)
APPEREAD AS:
Eijiro Onishi
Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Admiral Takijiro Onishi
The Roads Men Travel (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Shintaro Yoshioka
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Senzo Shigemune
Japan's Don (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Shuhei Tatsumi
Ōgon no Hibi (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Sen no Rikyū
Dog of Fortune (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Noriyuki Yasutaka
Down with The Big Boss (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Eikichi Arita
Gate of Youth (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Yabetora
Domineering (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Otomo
The Last True Yakuza (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Takao Sugata

Koji Tsuruta - Profile - Filmography