Portrait of Chiezo Kataoka

Acting

Chiezo Kataoka

Career

Active from 1928 to 1979, busiest in 1958 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
57
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hero of the Red Light District
Hero of the Red Light District
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chiezo Kataoka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.0, average 5.4
  • Romance
    1.8, average 3.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.2, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Feudal Japan 6
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Bleak 3
  • Japanese History 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Historical Epic 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Samurai Film 2
  • Tokugawa Shogunate 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

5 titles
The Shogun Assassins
The Shogun Assassins (1979)

as Sanada Masayuki

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)

as Kikuo Oyama

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)

as Kichigoro

The Samurai's Justice
The Samurai's Justice (1971)

TV show · as Kuroda Gunbei

Postwar Secrets
Postwar Secrets (1970)

as Yaroku Okamura

1960s

17 titles · average score 74
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

as Nissho Inoue

13 Assassins
13 Assassins (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

as Shinzaemon Shimada

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963)

as Oishi

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge (1963)

as Genji The Fighting Top

G-Men in the Pacific
G-Men in the Pacific (1962)

as Hirogami

The Ako Retainers
The Ako Retainers (1961)

as Oishi Kuranosuke

Restoration Fire
Restoration Fire (1961)

as Hijikata Toshizo

Hero of the Red Light District
Hero of the Red Light District (1960)
GoodWatch score 81

as Sano Jiro

The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence
The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence (1960)

as Kondo Isami

The Man of Seven Faces
The Man of Seven Faces (1960)

as Bannai Tarao

Morning Breeze in Edo
Morning Breeze in Edo (1960)

as Kuroshio Taro

Cases of Hanshichi
Cases of Hanshichi (1960)

as Hanshichi

1950s

30 titles · average score 73
Souls in the Moonlight III
Souls in the Moonlight III (1959)

as Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Souls in the Moonlight II
Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)

as Ryûnosuke Tsukue

A Chivalrous Spirit
A Chivalrous Spirit (1958)

as Jirocho

The Purple Hood
The Purple Hood (1958)

as Murasaki Zukin

Kunisada Chuji
Kunisada Chuji (1958)

as Chuji

Souls in the Moonlight
Souls in the Moonlight (1957)

as Tsukue Ryunosuke

Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Shimizu Port of Chivalry (1957)

as Jirocho

The Kuroda Affair
The Kuroda Affair (1956)

as Kuriyama Daizen

Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style (1956)

as Miyamoto Musashi

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
GoodWatch score 73

as Genpachi

Foul Play
Foul Play (1955)

as Bannai Tarao

Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Fall of the Shogun's Militia (1954)

as Kondo Isami

1940s

7 titles
Island of Horrors
Island of Horrors (1949)

as Kôsuke Kindaichi

Thus the Divine Wind Blows
Thus the Divine Wind Blows (1944)

as Tokimune Hôjô

Wrestling-Ring Festival
Wrestling-Ring Festival (1944)

as Mt. Fuji

Initiation of the Two-Sword Style
Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943)

as Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill
Miyamoto Musashi - Battle at Han'nya Hill (1943)

as Miyamoto Musashi

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (1942)

as Date Masamune

Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga (1940)

as Oda Nobunaga

1930s

8 titles · average score 67
Singing Lovebirds
Singing Lovebirds (1939)
GoodWatch score 67

as Reisaburo Asai

Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary (1938)

as Kinshiro Toyama

Jiraiya
Jiraiya (1937)

as Jiraiya

The Letter
The Letter (1936)

as Akanishi Kakita / Kai Harada

The Greatest Man in the World
The Greatest Man in the World (1932)

as Young samurai/Isenokami

Banquet Under the Midnight Sun
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun (1932)

as Kakunojo

In Search of Mother
In Search of Mother (1931)

as Chutaro

Fireworks
Fireworks (1931)

as Yuuki Sonoko

1920s

2 titles
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (1929)

as Miyamoto Musashi

The Wandering Gambler
The Wandering Gambler (1928)

as Date Mosui