Minoru Takase Movies

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

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

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

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...

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.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

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

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...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Newly released from the army, five men return to Tokyo to find no place to live in the bombed-out city, food and necessities rationed out by people...

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...

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Japanese movie