An Inn at Osaka

An Inn at Osaka

122 mins | Drama | April 20, 1954

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.

An Inn at Osaka

122 mins | Drama | April 20, 1954

An Inn at Osaka
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Shintoho Company
Original title 大阪の宿
Directors Akira Miwa, Heinosuke Gosho
Writers Takitarô Minakami, Heinosuke Gosho, Toshio Yasumi

Cast

Shūji Sano

as Mito