Chiezō Kataoka Filmes

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

Japanese mystery film.

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

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

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

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

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

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

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