Minoru Takase Movies

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.

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

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...

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...

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...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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...

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

1930s Japanese film.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Japanese war-era film