Movie: Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
萬屋錦之介

Chubei Kameya

Ineko Arima
有馬稲子

Umegawa

Kinuyo Tanaka
田中絹代

Myokan

Keiko Yukishiro
雪代敬子

Hiromi Hanazono
花園ひろみ

Otoku

Chie Ueki
植木千恵

Otama

Sumiko Hidaka
日高澄子

Chieko Naniwa
浪花千栄子

Oen

Kodayu Ichikawa
二代目 市川小太夫

Ryōsuke Kagawa
香川良介

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    The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute, and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).

  • Release Date

    1959-09-13

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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