Eijirō Kataoka Movies

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home...

A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring...

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...

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

A film adaptation of the María Luz Incident from the early Meiji period that sparked widespread public debate.

Kurama Tengu is a hero to the common people, saving them from the malicious attacks of Kinnoroshi and Shinsengumi.

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

The "opinion leader" of the "opinion leaders" is furious at the "opinion leader's" opinion.

Sutematsu and Sukekichi, residents of Benten Nagaya tenement, witness a woman being thrown from a palanquin into a river and are immediately attacked...

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

A ronin sets out on a journey with his horse, with no particular destination in mind. Re-released in 1953.

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

It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the ...

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...

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