Chiezo Kataoka Movies

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

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.

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his master, Asano of Ako, committed seppuku,...

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...

Silent jidaigeki film

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

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

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

Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and...

Japanese mystery film.

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.

1945 Japanese movie