Chiezō Kataoka Movies

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large...

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

While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring...

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...

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.

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

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss...

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

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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