Minoru Takase Movies

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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...

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

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 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,...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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...

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...

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

Japanese movie

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

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.

1930s Japanese film.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.