Chiezō Kataoka Movies

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

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.

Chogoro, the young master of a rice shop who receives sword lessons from Tetsusaburo Yamaoka, travels to the lawless Kanbei Onigawara family from Shimizu. All hell breaks loose when Kanbei returns with his older brother, Kitsu An Takei, and Katsuzo challenges Chogoro.

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status. He nevertheless pursues her until her initial disgust breaks down into fondness, then romantic feelings, inducing her to abandon her fiance on their...

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.