Chiezo Kataoka Movies

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

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...

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate)....

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

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

1942 Japanese movie

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...

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....

Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

1950 Japanese movie

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.

During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...

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

"Masayoshi Ryanko" jumps into the den of the underworld swirling with smuggling and murder, and defeats the culprit with a heart-pounding pistol.