Minoru Takase Movies

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

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.

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...

Japanese war-era film

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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

1930s Japanese 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...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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

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

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 historical film. Considered Lost.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita