Minoru Takase Movies

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

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...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Japanese movie

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...

Japanese war-era film

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...

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

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...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

1945 Japanese movie

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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

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

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

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

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.