Rent Osaka Elegy (1936)
3.9 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 8min
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- Synopsis:
- Bearing the burden of her father’s debt and desperate to pay for the completion of her brother’s education, young Ayako (Isuzu Yamada) becomes a mistress to her employer. Although circumstances seem to conspire against her, Ayako attempts to hide the truth from her family and fiance and preserve her reputation.
- Actors:
- Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Ôkura, Shinpachirô Asaka, Benkei Shiganoya, Yôko Umemura, Kensaku Hara, Shizuko Takizawa, Eitarô Shindô, Kunio Tamura, Kasuke Koizumi, Takashi Shimura, Mitsuzo Tachibana, Kiyoko Ôkubo
- Directors:
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Producers:
- Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Tadashi Fujiwara, Kenji Mizoguchi, Saburo Okada, Yoshikata Yoda
- Aka:
- Naniwa Erejî
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide to Kenji Mizoguchi
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/03/2012
- Run Time:
- 68 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Osaka Elegy
a sort of early feminist take on why women cant do what men can; forceful if a little detached. - Osaka Elegy review by tm
enjoyed it enough but the characters are drawn in a detached and slightly exaggerated style which means you have less investment in them than might have made the film even more engaging.
Pandora's Box, which was made some years earlier explores similar tropes and ideas with more verve and grace and emotion, albeit a little more melodramatically.
not sure if I would recommend this piece to someone who had few opportunities to watch film.
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