Eijirō Kataoka Movies

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called...

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

All is not well in an a small fishing village not far from Edo. Mysterious goings-on are happening at Echigoya’s Red Crane Mansion, and when...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

A spearman who had long admired the samurai rises up after learning of cruelty of the samurai class.

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

Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!

A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character...

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people...

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...