Minoru Takase Movies

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

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

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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.

Japanese war-era film

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...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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...

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

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

1945 Japanese movie

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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...

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

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