Chiezo Kataoka Movies

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Master swordsman and loyal 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series

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

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss...

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...

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

Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When...

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other...

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...