Chiezo Kataoka Movies

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

Chogoro, the young master of a rice shop who receives sword lessons from Tetsusaburo Yamaoka, travels to the lawless Kanbei Onigawara family from...

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

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

1946 Japanese movie

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a...

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...

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his master, Asano of Ako, committed seppuku,...

First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Chiezo Kataoka grew up as a Magician's apprentice in America and no prison can hold him!

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman...