Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
1h 45m
Running Time
September 13, 1959Release Date
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
1h 45m
Running Time
September 13, 1959Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute , and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).
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Cast & Crew.

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Chubei Kameya

Ineko Arima
Umegawa

Kinuyo Tanaka
Myokan

Keiko Yukishiro

Hiromi Hanazono
Otoku

Chie Ueki
Otama

Sumiko Hidaka

Chieko Naniwa
Oen

Kodayu Ichikawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Koji Arima

Yoshiko Nakamura
Okiyo

Hiroshi Ohkawa
Producer

Makoto Tsudoi
Cinematographer

Chiezō Kataoka
Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Tomu Uchida
Director

Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Novel

Masashige Narusawa
Screenplay

Gô Mikami
Costume Design

Toshiji Ikeda
Production Supervisor

Hiroshi Ezaki
Still Photographer

Saburo Tominaga
Original Music Composer

Jun'ichirô Tamaki
Production Design

Kimiharu Tsujino
Production Design

Takatoshi Suzuki
Art Direction

Takaya Ogawa
Production Design

Makoto Tsuboi
Director of Photography

Ayako Sakurai
Hairstylist

Masanobu Hayashi
Makeup Artist

Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor

Tomizô Uoyama
Set Designer

Hiroshi Watada
Gaffer

Reijirô Adachi
Choreographer

Hiroshi Ookawa
Executive Producer

Hideo Higashi

Kazutarō Kuni

Kin'nosuke Fujiki

Shirō Osaki

Tsuyako Okajima

Itoko Wakaura
Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1959
Original Name浪花の恋の物語
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Genres
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