Osaka Elegy
1936 · Movie · 71 min · ★ 6.7 · 95% critics
A young office worker agrees to become her employer’s mistress to cover her family’s debts and keep them from disaster. As she tries to help the people around her, she faces harsh judgment, exploitation, and the unfair double standards of the society closing in on her.
Also known as Naniwa Elegy
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Details
- Original title
- 浪華悲歌
- Years
- 1936
- Release date
- 1936-05-28
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (68 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you appreciate classic dramas about social pressure and women facing impossible choices, especially if you liked Sisters of the Gion or The Life of Oharu; Not for you if you want light, fast-moving entertainment.
Pros: powerful social critique; compelling central figure; emotionally sharp drama | Cons: uneven pacing; dry tone; abrupt scene shifts
Themes
- mistress
- embezzlement
Cast & crew
Isuzu Yamada
as Ayako Murai
Chiyoko Ôkura
as Sachiko Murai
Shinpachirō Asaka
as Hiroshi Murai
- BS
Benkei Shiganoya
as Sonosuke Asai
Yōko Umemura
as Sumiko Asai
Kensaku Hara
as Susumu Nishimura
- ST
Shizuko Takizawa
as Mine Fukuda
Eitarō Shindō
as Yoshizo Fujino
Kunio Tamura
as Dr. Yoko
Takashi Shimura
as Inspector
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi