Minoru Takase Movies

Japanese movie

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

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...

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...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Japanese war-era 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,...

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...

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Rinzou tries to pressure Gosuke into marrying his daughter, Osumi, to him to make up for his debts. In a chance encounter the father and daughter...

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.