An Osaka Story (1957)
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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