Chiezo Kataoka Movies

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka...

Original work by Yokomizo Seishi. The third part of Kindaichi Kosuke's story, which was collected by Chie Kataoka.

A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss...

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.

1942 Japanese movie

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....