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An Osaka Story
Film / 1957

An Osaka Story

Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
ComedyDrama

★ 6.0/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Raizō IchikawaKeizaburo Shintarō KatsuIchinosuke Kyōko KagawaOnatsu Chieko Naniwa Eijirō TōnoGonzaemon Hoshino Michiko OnoTakino Tamao NakamuraAya Naritoshi HayashiYoshitaro Aiko Mimasu Isao Yamagata Hisao ToakeShinya Ichirō AmanoTennojiya
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Hinode NishikawaGenroku Sumao IshiharaHostess Shiro Miura Jun FujikawaKadomatsu, seller Saburo DateShokichi, samurai's servant Mineko YorozuyoOtake Kyū Sazanka Shinobu Araki Hisako Takihana Shōzō Nanbu Ikkei Tamaki Kanae Kobayashi Ganjirō Nakamura IINihei

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