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.

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

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 sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

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.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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...

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

1930s Japanese film.

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

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

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to...

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