Minoru Takase Movies

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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...

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

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

Japanese war-era 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...

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,...

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...

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

1945 Japanese movie

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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...

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.

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

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.