Movies: Minoru Takase

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife....

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....

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 dead, Rikiya goes back home to his sister. Okiku, desperate to protect her brother who thinks himself a m...

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

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

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 entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched f...

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society....

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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 by her criminal brother, Nikichi. When he goes to find Nikichi, Jirokichi immediately falls for Okino,...

Directed by Mansaku Itami....

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

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, and a sequel to Satsuma Hikyaku Tokai Hen (Satsuma Courier: Eastern Sea Story) directed by Daisuke I...

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Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara...

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Japanese historical film....

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

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