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.

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...

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

1945 Japanese movie

1946 Japanese movie

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...

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

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....

Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

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

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

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...

Silent jidaigeki film

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