Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964, Japanese. Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.
An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 23 September 1964
- Original title
- 竜虎一代
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Akira Murao
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Two Lives, Two Yakuza isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 September 1964. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Two Lives, Two Yakuza?
Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964) was directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi and stars Koji Tsuruta, Sumiko Fuji, Shigeru Amachi.