Minoru Takase Movies

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...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

1945 Japanese movie

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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

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

Directed in 1921

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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...

Japanese war-era film

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...

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

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