Minoru Takase Movies

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society. Considered a lost film.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of...

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

1930s Japanese film.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in...

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to...