Minoru Takase
Also Known As: 能登谷 新ー, Shinichi Notoya, Синъити Нотоя, Минору Такасэ, 高勢實乗
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Birthday: December 13, 1897
Deathday: November 19, 1947
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Bangaku no issho
Overview: Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-06-15
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The Best Lord in Japan
Overview: 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...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1937-12-08
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Professional Killer
Overview: Directed by Mansaku Itami.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-06-03
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A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-12-30
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The Devil of Edo
Overview: Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1947-05-06
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Tokkan ekichô
Overview: Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-03-29
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Life Begins at 61
Overview: Japanese war-era film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1941-04-22
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Satsuma Courier Part 2: The Passionate Sword
Overview: 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 Ito in 1932
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-04-13
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A Page of Madness
Overview: A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1926-09-24
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Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Travelling Actors
Overview: This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-12-18
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Jirokichi the Rat
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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Until Victory Day
Overview: 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 from the laboratory and landed amidst the Japanese troops the soldiers could enjoy the performers. The laboratory succeeds and the rocket is built. It bears the insignia, 'until the victory days.' The Japanese government began a program of shooting and disseminating propaganda and entertainment movies for its troops during World War II. It is a lost film.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-01-25
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Harmonica Boy
Overview: The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-07-10
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Crossroads
Overview: 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 murderer, wants to sacrifice herself for him and become a prostitute to pay for Rikiya's treatment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-05-11
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Easy Alley
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-09-19
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The Monkey King
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-11-06
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Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-01-02
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Aa mujo: zenpen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-10
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Aa mujo: Kohen
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-05-17
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Suronin Chuya
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1930-07-15
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Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
Overview: Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-01-15
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Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-09-18
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Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-06-15
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Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
Overview: The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-04-14
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Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey
Overview: A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-10-31
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Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel
Overview: 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 redemption. Considered a lost film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-11-28
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Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2
Overview: A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1933-12-14
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The Village Tattooed Man
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-11-01
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Great Bodhisattva Pass
Overview: 1930s Japanese film.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-11-15
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Winter Camellia
Overview: Directed in 1921
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1921-04-24
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Priest of Darkness
Overview: A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-04-30
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Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1942-11-05
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Edo Spring
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-01-23
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Kunisada Chūji
Overview: Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-02-02
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The Greatest Man in the World
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1932-01-14
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Kuriyama Daizen
Overview: Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Overview: Directed by Daisuke Itō.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1934-05-17
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Enoken's Yaji and Kita
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-12-29
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Itahachi shima
Overview: Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1938-07-03
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Five Tokyo Men
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-12-27
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The Kasahara School
Overview: Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-11-01
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Uta e! Taiyō
Overview: 1945 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1945-11-22
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