Chiezo Kataoka Movies

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

1945 Japanese movie

Japanese mystery film.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

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

Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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

Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of...

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

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

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

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

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