Chiezo Kataoka Movies

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

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a...

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

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

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

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.

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

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...

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

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

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

Silent jidaigeki film

1945 Japanese movie

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...

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a...

1950 Japanese movie

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.