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An Osaka Story (大阪物語, Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. The film had originally been planned by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had adapted several stories by Saikaku Ihara into a script. After Mizoguchi's death, the project was assigned to Yoshimura.
An Osaka Story: Directed by Kôzaburô Yoshimura. With Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu, Michiko Ono. Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them.
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- Drama
- Kôzaburô Yoshimura
- 1957-03-06
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Daiei Film
An Osaka Story depicts the rise of the merchant class in the Genroku era through a story of a miser’s tyranny over his own family.
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
An Osaka Story (1957) Directed by Kôzaburô Yoshimura Genres - Comedy , Drama | Release Date - Mar 6, 1957 | Run Time - 97 min. | Countries - Japan |
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A family of displaced peasants comes to Osaka, where they nearly starve until they hit on the trick of gather rice that has fallen from sacks into the dirt and selling them. Over the next ten years, they accumulate some money, going into the tea business .... mixing used leaves into what they sell to increase profit.