Minoru Takase Movies

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

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...

Japanese movie

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

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...

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.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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

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.

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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,...

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

Japanese war-era film

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.