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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

09/13/1959

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1hr 45min

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Romance

STORY

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).

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Kinnosuke Nakamura
  • Ineko Arima
  • Kinuyo Tanaka
  • Keiko Yukishiro
  • Hiromi Hanazono

    Director

  • Tomu Uchida

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toei Company

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

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

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