Chiezo Kataoka Movies

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

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

As it turns out, the evil hand of drugs has reached the inner palace of the Shogunate. It was thought that the opium was coming from Nagasaki, but it...

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

After his home gets attacked by a rival gang, underworld boss Masamichi Omatsu finds himself in a tangle of familial and criminal obligations.

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

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

1945 Japanese movie

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

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

1942 Japanese movie

A master hunter is driven to defiance after a tyrannical magistrate's cruelty pushes his community to its breaking point. His expert skill with a bow...

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

A lighthearted and entertaining film that incorporates popuar songs into a period drama.

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...