Minoru Takase Movies

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

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...

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

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...

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

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,...

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

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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

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...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Japanese movie