Osaka Elegy
1936 · Movie · 71 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast Isuzu Yamada · Seiichi Takegawa · Chiyoko Okura · Shinpachiro Asaka · Benkei Shiganoya · Yôko Umemura · Kensaku Hara · Shizuko Takizawa · Eitarô Shindô · Takashi Shimura · Kunio Tamura
Soundtrack Kôichi Takagi
Screenplay Tadashi Fujiwara · Kenji Mizoguchi · Yoshikata Yoda · Saburo Okada
Cinematography Minoru Miki
Original title Naniwa erejî (Osaka Elegy)
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497 votes (FilmAffinity)
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