Minoru Takase Movies

An elderly man visits his mentally ill wife in a psychiatric hospital. Years earlier, she had tried to drown their child and then take her own life....

1930s Japanese film.

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

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

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

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

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

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

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

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.

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...

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...

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...