Chiezo Kataoka Movies

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

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...

Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

A whirlwind sweeps through Takadanobaba. The familiar fighter Yasubei stuns the city of Edo in this exhilarating tale of swordsmanship and human...

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

The second in a trilogy of Kunisada Chuji films by Hiroshi Inagaki.

1945 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...

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

Silent jidaigeki film

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

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...