Chiezo Kataoka Movies

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...

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....

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

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

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

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the other according to an ancient tradition on an...

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

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

A master hunter is driven to defiance after a tyrannical magistrate's cruelty pushes his community to its breaking point. His expert skill with a bow...

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered...

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