Chiezō Kataoka Movies

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.

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

This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will...

1962 Japanese movie

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

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 boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.

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...

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

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

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

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

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...