Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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...

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.

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

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

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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...

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

1946 Japanese movie

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

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...

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

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

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

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