Chiezo Kataoka Movies

His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried...

Original work by Yokomizo Seishi. The third part of Kindaichi Kosuke's story, which was collected by Chie Kataoka.

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

Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people...

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

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...

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

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

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

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...

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

1945 Japanese movie

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

1942 Japanese movie

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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