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An Osaka Story

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An Osaka Story
Directed byKōzaburō Yoshimura
Written by
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
CinematographyKohei Sugiyama
Edited byShigeo Nishida
Music byAkira Ifukube
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • 6 March 1957 (1957-03-06) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
96 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

An Osaka Story (大阪物語, Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

Cast

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Legacy

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An Osaka Story was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "大阪物語 (Osaka Monogatari)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "大阪物語 (Osaka Monogatari)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
  4. ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. p. 275.
  5. ^ "Two Masters of Japanese Cinema: Kaneto Shindo & Kozaburo Yoshimura at BFI Southbank in June and July 2012" (PDF). Japan Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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