Chiezō Kataoka Movies

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...

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

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

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating...

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious...

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...

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