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...

1945 Japanese movie

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Japanese movie

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...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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.

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Japanese war-era film

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...

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...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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...

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...

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.