Eijirō Kataoka Movies

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...

Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

1962 Japanese movie

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A dark tale of murder and revenge set in old Kyoto.

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

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

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

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

A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.