Chiezō Kataoka Movies

Chogoro, the young master of a rice shop who receives sword lessons from Tetsusaburo Yamaoka, travels to the lawless Kanbei Onigawara family from...

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...

Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama thriller starring Kinnosuke Nakamura and directed...

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

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

1946 Japanese movie

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.

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

1942 Japanese movie

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

1945 Japanese movie