Chiezo Kataoka Movies

1942 Japanese movie

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

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

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...

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

The first film produced by Daiei.

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

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

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

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

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

1950 Japanese movie

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...

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

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...