Chiezo Kataoka Movies

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.

First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

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

Sixth 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.

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...

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...

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...

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A whirlwind sweeps through Takadanobaba. The familiar fighter Yasubei stuns the city of Edo in this exhilarating tale of swordsmanship and human...

Silent jidaigeki film

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

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...

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....

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

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