Chiezō Kataoka Movies

Early adaptation of the book "The Inugami Clan", featuring the detective Kōsuke Kindaichi.

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 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 adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...

Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of...

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

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

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

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

1945 Japanese movie

After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

1945 Japanese movie

Silent jidaigeki film

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.