An Osaka Story

An Osaka Story

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 6, 1957

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.

An Osaka Story

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 6, 1957

An Osaka Story
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.
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 大阪物語
Directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Writers Yoshikata Yoda, Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

as Keizaburo

Shintarō Katsu

as Ichinosuke

Kyōko Kagawa

as Onatsu

Eijirō Tōno

as Gonzaemon Hoshino

Michiko Ono

as Takino

Narutoshi Hayashi

as Yoshitaro

Hisao Toake

as Shinya

Ichirô Amano

as Tennojiya

Hinode Nishikawa

as Genroku

Sumao Ishihara

as Hostess

Jun Fujikawa

as Kadomatsu, seller

Saburo Date

as Shokichi, samurai's servant

Mineko Yorozuyo

as Otake