Chiezo Kataoka Movies

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable...

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

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

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

Japanese mystery 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...

His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried...

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

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...

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until...

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a...

1950 Japanese movie

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

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

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).