Chiezo Kataoka Movies

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the ...

When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent...

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

Japanese mystery film.

A master hunter is driven to defiance after a tyrannical magistrate's cruelty pushes his community to its breaking point. His expert skill with a bow...

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...

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

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

As it turns out, the evil hand of drugs has reached the inner palace of the Shogunate. It was thought that the opium was coming from Nagasaki, but it...

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

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

1962 Japanese movie

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

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

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Chogoro, the young master of a rice shop who receives sword lessons from Tetsusaburo Yamaoka, travels to the lawless Kanbei Onigawara family from...

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...