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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)

ALL 09/13/1959 (ja) Romance 105 Min
  • Release
    09/13/1959
  • Production
    Toei Company
  • Rotten tomato
    57%
  • Original title
    浪花の恋の物語
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute , and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).

  1. Tomu Uchida

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Producer



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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) 105 Min

ALL 09/13/1959 (ja)
Romance
  • Release 09/13/1959
  • Production
    Toei Company
  • Original title 浪花の恋の物語
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute , and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).

  1. Tomu Uchida

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Shintarō Miyamoto

    Editor

  4. Producer



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