An Osaka Story (1957)

6.0/10 97 min Comedy Drama

Overview

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 Ichikawa

Keizaburo

Shintarō Katsu

Ichinosuke

Kyōko Kagawa

Onatsu

Chieko Naniwa

Eijirō Tōno

Gonzaemon Hoshino

Michiko Ono

Takino

Tamao Nakamura

Aya

Naritoshi Hayashi

Yoshitaro

Aiko Mimasu

Isao Yamagata

Hisao Toake

Shinya

Jun Fujikawa

Kadomatsu, seller

Saburo Date

Shokichi, samurai's servant

Kyū Sazanka

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