Minoru Takase

Priest of Darkness

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

A Page of Madness

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

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

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

The Monkey King

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou...

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Until Victory Day

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could...

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Travelling Actors

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

Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa

Tokkan ekichô

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

Five Tokyo Men

Newly released from the army, five men return to Tokyo to find no place to live in the bombed-out city, food an...

Life Begins at 61

Japanese war-era film

Kunisada Chūji

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

The Greatest Man in the World

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man fr...

Itahachi shima

Japanese movie

Uta e! Taiyō

1945 Japanese movie

Kuriyama Daizen

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Easy Alley

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable s...

The Devil of Edo

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Bangaku no issho

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

Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip

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

Enoken's Yaji and Kita

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

Suronin Chuya

Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the nov...

The Village Tattooed Man

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

Crossroads

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the bli...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey

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

The Kasahara School

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

Jirokichi the Rat

Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a...

Harmonica Boy

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

The Best Lord in Japan

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtier...

Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Edo Spring

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into tr...