Acting
Chiezō Kataoka
- Titles
- 64movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1928 to 1979, busiest in 1958 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 53top three billing
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
Hero of the Red Light District81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.7average 2.6
- Warfare4.3average 1.2
- Violence6.7average 4.3
- Crime5.7average 3.7
- Adrenaline7.0average 5.1
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Catharsis6.6average 5.1
- Physical Comedy3.8average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.0, average 5.2
- Romance1.8, average 3.8
- Pop Culture0.2, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.2, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Feudal Japan 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Japanese History 3
- Bleak 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Moral Dilemmas 2
- Samurai Film 2
- Character Study 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Historical Epic 2
- Intrigue 2
- Physical Comedy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SShintarō MiyamotoEditor13 Assassins, Hero of the Red Light District, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, Morning Breeze in Edo, Souls in the Moonlight II, +14 more
Yoshitake HisaWriterCases of Hanshichi, Island of Horrors, Shimizu Port of Chivalry, One-Eyed Detective, Foul Play, +6 more- SShigeto MikiCinematographerMorning Breeze in Edo, The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi, Souls in the Moonlight II, A Gang of Five, Kunisada Chuji, +6 more
- SShiro FukaiComposerSouls in the Moonlight II, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, Fall of the Shogun's Militia, Souls in the Moonlight, Shimizu Port of Chivalry, +5 more
Sadatsugu MatsudaDirectorRestoration Fire, Island of Horrors, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, Shimizu Port of Chivalry, Foul Play, +5 more
Ryūnosuke TsukigataActorRestoration Fire, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, Souls in the Moonlight II, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, Initiation of the Two-Sword Style, +4 more- SShintarō KawasakiCinematographerRestoration Fire, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, Shimizu Port of Chivalry, Foul Play, Man of Thirteen Eyes, +4 more
Isao YamagataActorG-Men in the Pacific, Morning Breeze in Edo, The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi, Souls in the Moonlight II, Souls in the Moonlight III, +3 more
Kinnosuke NakamuraActorThe Shogun Assassins, A Gang of Five, Fall of the Shogun's Militia, Souls in the Moonlight, Shimizu Port of Chivalry, +2 more
Yumiko HasegawaActorThe Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi, Souls in the Moonlight II, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, Souls in the Moonlight, Shimizu Port of Chivalry, +2 more
Chiyonosuke AzumaActorCases of Hanshichi, A Gang of Five, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, Fall of the Shogun's Militia, A Chivalrous Spirit, +2 more
Shinobu ChiharaActorHero of the Red Light District, The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi, Cases of Hanshichi, A Gang of Five, Swordsman of the Two Sword Style, +2 more
Movies and TV shows
651970s
5 titles
The Shogun Assassins (1979)
as Sanada Masayuki
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)
as Kikuo Oyama
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)
as Kichigoro
The Samurai's Justice (1971)
TV show · as Kuroda Gunbei
Postwar Secrets (1970)
as Yaroku Okamura
1960s
16 titles · average score 73
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
as Nissho Inoue
74
13 Assassins (1963)
as Shinzaemon Shimada
Tokaido Fullhouse (1963)
as Jirocho of Shimizu
G-Men in the Pacific (1962)
as Hirogami
The Ako Retainers (1961)
as Oishi Kuranosuke
Restoration Fire (1961)
as Hijikata Toshizo
81
Hero of the Red Light District (1960)
as Sano Jiro
Morning Breeze in Edo (1960)
as Kuroshio Taro
The Man of Seven Faces (1960)
as Bannai Tarao
The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence (1960)
as Kondo Isami
Cases of Hanshichi (1960)
as Hanshichi
1950s
28 titles · average score 74
Souls in the Moonlight III (1959)
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Kunisada Chuji (1958)
as Chuji
A Chivalrous Spirit (1958)
as Jirocho
The Purple Hood (1958)
as Murasaki Zukin
Shimizu Port of Chivalry (1957)
as Jirocho
Souls in the Moonlight (1957)
as Tsukue Ryunosuke
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style (1956)
as Miyamoto Musashi
74
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
as Genpachi
Foul Play (1955)
as Bannai Tarao
Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)
as Kondo Isami
Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru (1954)
as Kōsuke Kindaichi
1940s
6 titles
Island of Horrors (1949)
as Kôsuke Kindaichi
Wrestling-Ring Festival (1944)
as Mt. Fuji
Thus the Divine Wind Blows (1944)
as Tokimune Hôjô
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943)
as Miyamoto Musashi
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (1942)
as Date Masamune
Oda Nobunaga (1940)
as Oda Nobunaga
1930s
8 titles · average score 65
65
Singing Lovebirds (1939)
as Reisaburo Asai
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary (1938)
as Kinshiro Toyama
Jiraiya (1937)
as Jiraiya
Akanishi Kakita (1936)
as Akanishi Kakita / Kai Harada
The Greatest Man in the World (1932)
as Young samurai/Isenokami
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun (1932)
as Kakunojo
In Search of Mother (1931)
as Chutaro
Fireworks (1931)
as Yuuki Sonoko
1920s
2 titles
Miyamoto Musashi (1929)
as Miyamoto Musashi
The Wandering Gambler (1928)
as Date Mosui