Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
Overview
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).
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.717 |
Directed By
Tomu Uchida
Crew
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Tomu Uchida
Masashige Narusawa
Kimiharu Tsujino
Shintarō Miyamoto
Takatoshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Ezaki
Reijirô Adachi
Ayako Sakurai
Saburo Tominaga
Masanobu Hayashi
Jun'ichirô Tamaki
Tomizô Uoyama
Makoto Tsuboi
Toshiji Ikeda
Takaya Ogawa
Gô Mikami
Hiroshi Watada
Hiroshi Ookawa
TOP CAST
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Chubei Kameya
Ineko Arima
Umegawa
Kinuyo Tanaka
Myokan
Hiromi Hanazono
Otoku
Chie Ueki
Otama
Chieko Naniwa
Oen
Yoshiko Nakamura
Okiyo
Chiezō Kataoka
Monzaemon Chikamatsu