Portrait of Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

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.

Born: December 6, 1924

Place of Birth: Hamamatsu, Japan

Filmography

1985
The Last True Yakuza

as Takao Sugata

1982
Domineering

as Otomo

1981
Gate of Youth

as Yabetora

1979
Dog of Fortune

as Noriyuki Yasutaka

1979
Down with The Big Boss

as Eikichi Arita

1978
Ōgon no Hibi

as Sen no Rikyū

1977
1977
Japan's Don

as Shuhei Tatsumi

1976
The Roads Men Travel

as Shintaro Yoshioka

1974
Father of the Kamikaze

as Admiral Takijiro Onishi

1972
The Shin Hasegawa Series

as 沓掛時次郎

1971
1971
The Path of the King

as Minokichi Kawai

1971
1971
1970
The Last Kamikaze

as Captain Munakata

1970
A Wad of Notes

as Ryuji Kashigawa

1970
The Drifting Gambler

as Eijiro Funaki

1969
Gambler's Legacy

as Inagaki Chokichi

1969
Killer's Mission

as Shogun Ieshige

1969
Japan Organized Crime Boss

as Tetsuo Tsukamoto

1969
The Biggest Gamble

as Itsuki Masaji

1968
Gambler Biography

as Yûjirô Wakamatsu

1968
1968
The Bandits

as Yônosuke Minami

1968
Henchmen

as Ryuzô Okamoto

1968
Gamblers: The Raid

as Kōjirō Kogarashi

1968
Gambler's Farewell

as Toru Kuroki

1968
Big Time Gambling Boss

as Shinjirô Nakai

1967
Code Between Brothers 6

as Chojiro Inagami

1967
Gambler's World 2

as Shûkichi Hayakawa

1967
Code Between Brothers 5

as Chojiro Inagami

1967
Gambler's World

as Toshihiko Mikami

1967
Classmates

as First Lieutenant Jinnouchi

1967
1967
1967
Three Gamblers

as Naojiro Oshima

1966
Rub Out the Past

as Takeshi Kageyama

1966
Code Between Brothers 2

as Chojiro Inagami

1966
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous

as Isokichi Yoshida

1965
One Man's Chivalry

as Kikujirō

1965
Blood of Revenge

as Asajiro Kikuchi

1965
The Tattooed Lord

as Kinshiro Toyama

1964
Prison Gambler

as Tachibana Isaburo

1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza

as Shinjiro Kusakari

1964
Gambler

as Tachibana Isaburo

1964
Homicide

as Captain Ando

1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

as Shimizu no Jirocho

1963
Life of Hishakaku

as Hishakaku

1963
Gang and G-Men Part 2

as 菊川志郎

1963
1962
Gang vs. G-Men

as Shiro Kikukawa

1962
Mid-August Commotion

as Hiroshi Nakajima

1962
The Challenge

as Kuroki

1961
Lakeside Figure

as Kakutaro Ogata

1961
Law in Ghost Island

as Umihebi-no-Asanosuke

1961
Flower, Storm and Gangster

as 'Hong Kong Joe'

1960
1960
1960
The Last Gunfight

as Tetsuo Maruyama

1959
Desperado Outpost

as Bandit Chieftain

1959
1959
The Big Boss

as Ryuta Komatsu

1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Kin'emon Okano

1958
Mother

as Yamakawa

1957
1957
1957
1957
Itohan Monogatari

as Tomoshichi

1956
The Underworld

as Takao Shoji

1955
1954
Daikichi Konomura

as Daikichi Konomura

1954
Asakusa at Night

as Susumu Yamaura

1954
The End of a Day

as Lieutenant Uji

1954
Hanran

as Private Nakamura

1953
Hana no shôgai

as 大関和七郎

1953
Yasen kangofu

as Navy Lieutenant Yamamoto

1950
Kagebōshi

as 宇津木新二郎