Minoru Takase

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

粗忽者だが、人助けが唯一の楽しみという仙台藩の純情家臣・磯川兵助。公儀の難題と勝負してどんな手柄をたてるのやら…。戦争真っ只中に封切られた作品であるが、エノケンは相変わらず持ち前のおかしさを発揮し、ロケ撮影のシーンの広々とした感じや馬が疾走する場面などセットの豪華さは、今の映画より豊かな印象を訴えてくる。

Japanese war-era film

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

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.

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 which Yaji and Kita, two plebeian nobodies, have all sorts of strange and colorful encounters on the long road from Edo to Kyoto.

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.

Japanese movie

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 Toraizo at a leisurely pace. The title of the play is "Notes of Lord Mito's Travels. This play caused great turmoil in the feudal lord's house. The young lord was more impressed than anyone else by Lord Mito's benevolent management and actions, but he made the mistake of trying to follow in his footsteps...

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

居酒屋に居候する河内山宗俊と、用心棒の金子市之丞。その日暮らしの生活を送る彼らにとって、甘酒屋の娘・お浪は心の慰めだった。ある日、お浪が不良の弟・広太郎の借金のために身売りすることを知った宗俊と市之丞は、彼女を救うべく手を組むが...。

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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.

1930s Japanese film.

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

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.

Japanese historical film.

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

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

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

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honourable side of himself, and maybe some form of redemption.

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

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

伊勢野重任の原作を伊丹万作が脚色・監督した時代劇コメディ。ネガもプリントも失われてており、現在見られるものは復元された24分の短縮編集版のみ。(オリジナルは84分) 二人の浪人が西国随一の剣豪である伊勢伊勢守に仕える者を名乗れば豪遊ができると聞き、無き知恵をしぼってよからぬ事を企んだ。

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, a poor girl who is also under threat from Nikichi.

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

江戸の裏町でひっそりと暮らす姉弟。弟はある女をめぐり傷害事件を起こしてしまう。一方姉は借金返済に身売りの話を持ちかけられ

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

Directed in 1921