Chiezō Kataoka Movies

Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...

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

1946 Japanese movie

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

1945 Japanese movie

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying...

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.

Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of...

Samon Kamiyama, a skilled yoriki under Toyama Saemon-no-jō Kagemoto is feared and known to the villains as “Samon from the Hell.”...

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

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

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

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

In Nihonbashi, a fire broke out in the Kodenma-cho prison, and the prisoners were released. With the proviso that if the prisoner does not return...

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka