Minoru Takase Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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

Japanese movie

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.

Japanese war-era film

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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 that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

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

Directed in 1921

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

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

1930s Japanese film.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.