An Osaka Story (大阪物語, Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[1][2] The film had originally been planned by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had adapted several stories by Saikaku Ihara into a script. After Mizoguchi's death, the project was assigned to Yoshimura.[3][4]
| An Osaka Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Cinematography | Kohei Sugiyama |
| Edited by | Shigeo Nishida |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date | |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast edit
- Raizo Ichikawa as Keizaburō
- Nakamura Ganjirō II as Nihei
- Chieko Naniwa as Ofude
- Kyōko Kagawa as Onatsu
- Shintaro Katsu as Ichinosuke
- Michiko Ono as Takino
- Narutoshi Hayashi as Kichitarō
- Tamao Nakamura as Ayagi
- Eijirō Tōno as Gonzaemon Hoshino
- Kyū Sazanka as Kawachiya
Legacy edit
An Osaka Story was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "大阪物語 (Osaka Monogatari)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ a b "大阪物語 (Osaka Monogatari)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. p. 275.
- ^ "Two Masters of Japanese Cinema: Kaneto Shindo & Kozaburo Yoshimura at BFI Southbank in June and July 2012" (PDF). Japan Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
External links edit
- An Osaka Story at IMDb
- "大阪物語 (Osaka Monogatari)". Raizofan.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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