Minoru Takase Movies

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

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Japanese war-era film

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

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

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.

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...

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...

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

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Japanese movie

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...

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.