Minoru Takase Movies

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

1930s Japanese film.

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.

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

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...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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

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

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

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...

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...