Minoru Takase Movies

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.

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

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

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.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

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...

1930s Japanese film.

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...

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

1945 Japanese movie

Directed in 1921

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass