Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Name: Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Genre: Romance
Released: 1959-09-13
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hiromi Hanazono, Chie Ueki

浪花の恋の物語 (1959)

1:45 (105 min)

Romance

Japan

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Production

Toei Company

Release date

13 September 1959

Director

Tomu Uchida

Scenario

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Author

Composer

Saburo Tominaga

Actors

Chubei Kameya

Umegawa

Myokan

Hiromi Hanazono

Otoku

Chie Ueki

Otama

Chieko Naniwa

Oen

Yoshiko Nakamura

Okiyo

Chiezo Kataoka

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

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Short description

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he steals money from his employer to buy her freedom himself. Now hunted criminals, the lovers flee toward Yamato, pursued by the law.