Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Synopsis

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 (cf. YOSHIWARA; A BLOODY SPEAR AT MT. FUJI), 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).

Main Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Chubei Kameya

Age : 64 | Popularity : 7%

Ineko Arima

Umegawa

Age : 92 | Popularity : 7%

Kinuyo Tanaka

Myokan

Age : 67 | Popularity : 6%

Keiko Yukishiro

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Hiromi Hanazono

Otoku

Age : 83 | Popularity : 5%

Chie Ueki

Otama

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Sumiko Hidaka

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Chieko Naniwa

Oen

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Monzaemon Chikamatsu
	Screenplay	Masashige Narusawa
Directing	Director	Tomu Uchida
Production	Executive Producer	Hiroshi Ookawa
	Production Supervisor	Toshiji Ikeda
Editing	Editor	Shintarō Miyamoto
Art	Art Direction	Takatoshi Suzuki
	Production Design	Jun'ichirô Tamaki Takaya Ogawa Kimiharu Tsujino
	Set Designer	Tomizô Uoyama
Camera	Director of Photography	Makoto Tsuboi
	Still Photographer	Hiroshi Ezaki
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Masanobu Hayashi
	Costume Design	Gô Mikami
	Hairstylist	Ayako Sakurai
Lighting	Gaffer	Hiroshi Watada
Sound	Original Music Composer	Saburo Tominaga
Crew	Choreographer	Reijirô Adachi
Department	Role	Name

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