An Osaka Story (1957)
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.
Top billed cast
Raizō IchikawaKeizaburo
Shintarō KatsuIchinosuke
Kyōko KagawaOnatsu
Chieko Naniwa
Eijirō TōnoGonzaemon Hoshino
Michiko OnoTakino
Tamao NakamuraAya
Naritoshi HayashiYoshitaro
Aiko Mimasu
Isao Yamagata
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