Minoru Takase Movies

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.

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,...

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...

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...

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

1945 Japanese movie

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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

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

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...

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

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.

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...

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