Minoru Takase Movies

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, 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...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of...

1945 Japanese movie

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

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

Directed in 1921

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,...

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.