The Downfall of Osen (1935)
1h 27m
Running Time
January 20, 1935Release Date
The Downfall of Osen (1935)
1h 27m
Running Time
January 20, 1935Release Date
Plot.
In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi and Osen, while swindling some Buddhist monks out of their temple treasures. When Kumazawa is arrested, Osen agrees to help Sokichi finance his dream of going to medical school. They live in a humble room, and eventually the only way Osen can find enough money for them is to prostitute herself during the day, without Sokichi knowing. (Will Gilbert)
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Cast & Crew.
Isuzu Yamada
Osen
Daijirō Natsukawa
Sokichi Hata
Arata Shibata
Kumazawa
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Ukiki
Eiji Nakano
Professor
Genichi Fuji
Matsuda
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Mitsuru Tojo
Amadani
Izumi Kyōka
Writer
Junichi Kitamura
Sakazuki no Heishiro
Tatsunosuke Takashima
Writer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Shizuko Takizawa
Osode
Minoru Miki
Cinematographer
Sue Ito
Sokichi's grandmother
Suisei Matsui
Narrator
Shinzō Shibata
Kumazawa
Kōichi Takagi
Assistant Director
Shigeko Ishii
Hairstylist
Ishitaro Takagi
Hairstylist
Terakado Seikichi
Assistant Director
Yoshiji Oguri
Art Direction
Tadashi Ichiji
Assistant Director
Eiichi Mikura
Sound
Junichi Murota
Sound
Tsuneo Sayato
Sound
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Orizuru Osen (折鶴お千, lit. "Osen of the paper cranes"), also titled The Downfall of Osen, is a 1935 Japanese silent film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Isuzu Yamada. It is based on a short story by Kyōka Izumi.