Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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

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...

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.

Sixth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka.

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

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...

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

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying...

Original work by Yokomizo Seishi. The third part of Kindaichi Kosuke's story, which was collected by Chie Kataoka.

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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...

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome...

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...

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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