Chizuru Kitagawa Movies

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

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

First film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Bored Hatamoto film #10

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

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...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

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...

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all...

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

1954 Japanese movie

A lord explores the lives of common people.

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...