Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

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.

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

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

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

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

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and...

A man with two identical faces challenges the wicked and lawless escaped prisoner to an unsuitable battle, intertwining with the chilling image of...

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman...

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...

1945 Japanese movie

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

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series

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....