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
Tomu Uchida
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Masashige Narusawa
Saburo Tominaga
Makoto Tsuboi
Shintarō Miyamoto
Takaya Ogawa
Jun'ichirô Tamaki
Kimiharu Tsujino
Takatoshi Suzuki
Gô Mikami
Masanobu Hayashi
Ayako Sakurai
Toshiji Ikeda
Tomizô Uoyama
Reijirô Adachi
Hiroshi Watada
Hiroshi Ezaki
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