Minoru Takase Movies

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

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.

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...

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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

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

1945 Japanese movie

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

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...