Minoru Takase Movies

An elderly man visits his mentally ill wife in a psychiatric hospital. Years earlier, she had tried to drown their child and then take her own life....

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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

1930s Japanese film.