Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his master, Asano of Ako, committed seppuku,...

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

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

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge...

The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese Coast Guard and G-men. Having caught a suspicious...

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

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...

Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating...

A shooting incident occurs at the Asahina family gambling hall in Tokyo's Joto district. It is the work of Gaijin boss Brown and his henchman...

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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...

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

Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and...

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

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....