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An Osaka Story
Genres
ComedyDrama
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
1957-03-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
5.4
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Ichirō Amano
Tennojiya
Hinode Nishikawa
Genroku
Sumao Ishihara
Hostess
Shiro Miura
Jun Fujikawa
Kadomatsu, seller
Saburo Date
Shokichi, samurai's servant
Mineko Yorozuyo
Otake
Kyū Sazanka
Shinobu Araki
Hisako Takihana
Shōzō Nanbu
Ikkei Tamaki
Kanae Kobayashi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Nihei
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