Minoru Takase Movies

1945 Japanese movie

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

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...

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...

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

Japanese movie

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

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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.

Rinzou tries to pressure Gosuke into marrying his daughter, Osumi, to him to make up for his debts. In a chance encounter the father and daughter...

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...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

1930s Japanese film.