Koji Tsuruta
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Koji Tsuruta 鶴田 浩二 Tsuruta Koji Sometimes Credited As:Kôji Tsuruta) (December 6, 1924 - June 16, 1987) was a very famous Japanese actor who appeared in almost 260 feature films.Tsuruta was known to a lot of people as Toshiro Mifune's rival. Tsuruta was famous singer,too.
He debuts by "Crowd of Aso" of Shochiku in 1948. He starred in films from Shintoho, Daiei, Toho, and Toei.
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- 1950 Eden no umi - directed by Noboru Nakamura
- 1952 Ochazuke no aji - directed by Yasujiro Ozu
- 1953 A Night in Hawaii(Hawai no yoru)
- 1954-56 Samurai Trilogy - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- 1955 Duel at Ichijoji Temple
- 1956 Duel at Ganryu Island
- 1955 A Man Among Men(Dansei No. 1) - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
- 1956 Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae - directed by Shigeaki Hidaka
- 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls(Yagyu bugeicho) - part 1 - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls(Yagyu bugeicho Ninjitsu) - part 2 - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- 1958 Chushingura - directed by Kunio Watanabe
- 1959 Boss of the Underworld(Ankokugai no kaoyaku) - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
- 1959 The Birth of Japan - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- 1960 Secret of the Telegian - directed by Jun Fukuda
- 1962 Chushingura - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- 1963 Jinsei gekijo: hisha kaku - directed by Tadashi Sawashima
- 1964 Bakuto - directed by Shigehiro Ozawa
- 1965 Meiji kyokyakuden - sandaime shumei - directed by Tai Kato
- 1968 Bakuchi-uchi: socho tobaku - directed by Kosaku Yamashita
- 1971 Kizudarake no Jinsei - directed by Shigehiro Ozawa
- 1977 Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don - directed by Sadao Nakajima
- 1985 Saigo no bakuto - directed by Kosaku Yamashita
