Chiezō Kataoka Movies

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

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

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

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

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

1946 Japanese movie

One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the...

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

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

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...

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

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.

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

1950 Japanese movie