Minoru Takase Movies

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

1930s Japanese film.

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...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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...

Japanese war-era film

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Japanese movie

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Directed in 1921

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

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

1945 Japanese movie

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu,...

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza.