Minoru Takase Movies

Japanese movie

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,...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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.

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

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

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Japanese war-era film

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.

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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...

1945 Japanese movie

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.