An Osaka Story (1957)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 6, 1957Release Date
An Osaka Story (1957)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 6, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
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Cast & Crew.
Raizō Ichikawa
Keizaburo
Kyōko Kagawa
Onatsu
Shintarō Katsu
Ichinosuke Abumiya
Eijirō Tōno
Gonzaemon Hoshino
Michiko Ono
Takino
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Director
Tamao Nakamura
Aya
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer
Naritoshi Hayashi
Yoshitaro
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Hisao Toake
Shinya
Kōhei Sugiyama
Cinematographer
Ichirō Amano
Tennojiya
Hinode Nishikawa
Genroku
Sumao Ishihara
Hostess
Jun Fujikawa
Kadomatsu, seller
Saburo Date
Shokichi, samurai's servant
Mineko Yorozuyo
Otake
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Nihei
Akira Naitô
Set Decoration
Hiroshi Mizutani
Production Design
Kenichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Details.
Release DateMarch 6, 1957
Original Name大阪物語
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Genres
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An Osaka Story (大阪物語, Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. The film had originally been planned by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had adapted several stories by Saikaku Ihara into a script. After Mizoguchi's death, the project was assigned to Yoshimura.