Chiezo Kataoka Movies

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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

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...

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

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

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

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.

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

The first in a trilogy of Kunisada Chuji films by Hiroshi Inagaki.

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

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...

An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...

Silent jidaigeki film