The best Minoru Takase’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Minoru Takase’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Minoru Takase.
A Page of Madness
7.4/10
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
Priest of Darkness
7.1/10
Based on a well-known Kabuki drama titled "Kochiyama to Naozamurai", which Yamanaka distills into a masterpiece of jidaigeki (period film) as shomingeki (everyman drama), blending the two into something he apparently had rights to entirely in Japan during the 30s. Through a series of intrigues, Kochiyama, Naojiro (who becomes Hirotaro for the film), Ichinijo, and Hirotaro's sister Onami (played by a young Hara Setsuko) all pretty much have the worst day or two of their lives.
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
7.7/10
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.
Kuriyama Daizen
Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
Travelling Actors
6.9/10
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
The Devil of Edo
Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara
The Greatest Man in the World
6.7/10
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 into Ise Isenokami, the finest swordsman under the sun. Pretending to be his followers, they visit various sword fighting dojo. Out of fear upon hearing the name Isenokami, they pay him off and do not let him enter their training halls. The impostor eventually comes face to face with the real Isenokami after rescuing his daughter, Oyae, who is caught up in a minor incident.
Cherry Time in Edo
A historical comedy type drama depicting the young days of "Toyama no Kin-san". Kinshiro was the eldest son of Toyama Kinzaemon, a servant of Edo Kitamachi. After thinking about letting Shinnosuke,the step brother, take over the family, he left home and things did not go well. Although his father looked like he does not care, he was actually worried about Kinshiro every day. His stepmother was worried about him, too. One night, the couple went out to observe Kinshiro separately ...
Five Tokyo Men
5.9/10
Crossroads
7.1/10
Rikiya is blinded in a fight after falling in love with a courtesan. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent dead, he goes back home to his sister Okiku, who become a prostitute to pay for his treatment.
Jirokichi the Rat
6.8/10
An innovative retelling of a popular story about a Japanese thief.
Great Bodhisattva Pass
6.4/10
1930s Japanese film.
