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Osaka Elegy (1936)
"Naniwa erejî" (original title)

 -  Drama  -  31 January 1979 (USA)
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Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father's debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. She also sends money to her brother Hiroshi to pay... See full summary »

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Cast

Credited cast:
Isuzu Yamada ...
Ayako Murai
Seiichi Takegawa ...
Junzo Murai
Chiyoko Ôkura ...
Sachiko Murai
Shinpachirô Asaka ...
Hiroshi Murai
Benkei Shiganoya ...
Sonosuke Asai
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Sumiko Asai
Kensaku Hara ...
Susumu Nishimura
Shizuko Takizawa ...
Mine Fukuda, the maid
Eitarô Shindô ...
Yoshizo Fujino
Kunio Tamura ...
Dr. Yoko
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Kasuke Koizumi
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Inspector
Mitsuzo Tachibana ...
Famizaburo Matsushita
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Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father's debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. She also sends money to her brother Hiroshi to pay his university tuition, but her father intercepts it. She tricks Mr. Fujino into giving her money so that she can marry her boyfriend Nishimura, but Fujino calls in the police. Written by Will Gilbert

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31 January 1979 (USA)  »

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Naniwa Elegy  »

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Lamentations of a poet
10 August 2001 | by (Los Angeles, CA) – See all my reviews

It was this film alone that drove me into an intense obsession with cinema. Mizoguchi is the great Japanese master, and Osaka Elegy reveals his genius. From his long take compositions that are taxed with complexity and tension, to his ambigious depictions of character, I felt like I had grown after I had seen this film. Notice the national allegory at the film's conclusion, a confused and lonely Japan. And his inconclusive final shot taken many years before the well known 400 Blows. The devastating melodrama is not undercut by any cinematic manipulation. I highly recommend this to any lover of the cinematic medium. Also, I am a sucker for self-reflexive Kabuki theater sequences...


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