Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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...

1942 Japanese movie

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

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

Samon Kamiyama, a skilled yoriki under Toyama Saemon-no-jō Kagemoto is feared and known to the villains as “Samon from the Hell.”...

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...

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

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...

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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

1945 Japanese movie

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

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

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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