Minoru Takase Movies

Japanese historical film.

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

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

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society.

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

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 movie

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...

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

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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

Japanese war-era film

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.

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