An Osaka Story
1957 Japanese film
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An Osaka Story (Japanese: 大阪物語, Hepburn: Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
Directed byKōzaburō Yoshimura
Written by
- Yoshikata Yoda
- Kenji Mizoguchi (story)
- Saikaku Ihara (story)
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
CinematographyKohei Sugiyama
| An Osaka Story | |
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| Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
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| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Cinematography | Kohei Sugiyama |
| Edited by | Shigeo Nishida |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
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| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Raizo Ichikawa as Keizaburō
- Nakamura Ganjirō II as Nihei
- Chieko Naniwa as Ofude
- Kyōko Kagawa as Onatsu
- Shintaro Katsu as Ichinosuke
- Michiko Ono as Takino
- Narutoshi Hayashi as Kichitarō
- Tamao Nakamura as Ayagi
- Eijirō Tōno as Gonzaemon Hoshino
- Kyū Sazanka as Kawachiya
Legacy
An Osaka Story was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.[5]
