- Kōji Tsuruta
was a Japanese
actor who appeared in almost 260feature film s. Tsuruta was known to a lot of people asToshiro Mifune 's rival. Tsuruta was a singer as well.He debuted in "Crowd of Aso" of
Shochiku in 1948. He starred in films fromShintoho ,Daiei ,Toho , and Toei.Filmography
*1950 "
Eden no umi " - directed byNoboru Nakamura
*1952 "Ochazuke no aji " - directed byYasujiro Ozu
*1953 "A Night in Hawaii "(Hawai no yoru)
*1954-56 "Samurai Trilogy " - directed byHiroshi Inagaki
**1955 "Duel at Ichijoji Temple"
**1956 "Duel at Ganryu Island"
*1955 "A Man Among Men "(Dansei No. 1) - directed byKajiro Yamamoto
*1956 "Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae " - directed byShigeaki Hidaka
*1957 "Ninjitsu" aka "Yagyu Secret Scrolls " (Yagyu bugeicho) - part 1 - directed byHiroshi Inagaki
*1958 "Yagyu Secret Scrolls " (Yagyu bugeicho Ninjitsu) - part 2 - directed byHiroshi Inagaki
*1958 "Chushingura " - directed byKunio Watanabe
*1959 "Boss of the Underworld "(Ankokugai no kaoyaku) - directed byKihachi Okamoto
*1959 "The Birth of Japan " - directed byHiroshi Inagaki
*1960 "Secret of the Telegian " - directed byJun Fukuda
*1962 "Chushingura " - directed byHiroshi Inagaki
*1963 "" - directed by TadashiSawashima
*1964 "Bakuto " - directed byShigehiro Ozawa
*1965 "Meiji kyokyakuden - sandaime shumei " - directed byTai Kato
*1968 "" - directed byKosaku Yamashita
*1971 "Kizudarake no Jinsei " - directed byShigehiro Ozawa
*1977 "" - directed bySadao Nakajima
*1985 "Saigo no bakuto " - directed byKosaku Yamashita
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