Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

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

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large...

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.

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...

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

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...

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the...

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...

While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring...

It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the ...

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

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

Kindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the other according to an ancient tradition on an...

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.