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.

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 film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

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.

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel...

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.

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...

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

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.