An Osaka Story

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.

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

as Keizaburo

Shintarō Katsu

as Ichinosuke

Kyōko Kagawa

as Onatsu

Chieko Naniwa

Eijirō Tōno

as Gonzaemon Hoshino

Michiko Ono

as Takino

Tamao Nakamura

as Aya

Naritoshi Hayashi

as Yoshitaro

Aiko Mimasu

Isao Yamagata

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