Osaka Elegy

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Cast

Isuzu Yamada

as Ayako Murai

Chiyoko Ôkura

as Sachiko Murai

Shinpachirō Asaka

as Hiroshi Murai

Benkei Shiganoya

as Sonosuke Asai

Yōko Umemura

as Sumiko Asai

Kensaku Hara

as Susumu Nishimura

Shizuko Takizawa

as Mine Fukuda

Eitarō Shindō

as Yoshizo Fujino

Kunio Tamura

as Dr. Yoko

Takashi Shimura

as Inspector

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