Minoru Takase Movies

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.

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

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,...

Japanese war-era film

Newly released from the army, five men return to Tokyo to find no place to live in the bombed-out city, food and necessities rationed out by people...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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

Japanese movie

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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.

Rinzou tries to pressure Gosuke into marrying his daughter, Osumi, to him to make up for his debts. In a chance encounter the father and daughter...

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.

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...

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