Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.

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

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Tomu Uchida's Gyakushu Gokumon Toride is a masterpiece which treats class struggle in the end of Samurai era(it's a fiction). The story is based on...

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

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...