Minoru Takase Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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...

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...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Japanese movie

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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

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.

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

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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,...

Japanese war-era film

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