Minoru Takase Movies

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Japanese war-era film

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...

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

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

Japanese movie

1945 Japanese movie

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita