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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 13, 1959

Original Title:
浪花の恋の物語

Alternate Titles:
Naniwa no koi no monogatari

Genres:
Romance

Production Companies:
Toei Company

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 105

Overview from TheMovieDB

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).

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Production

Art Direction:
Takatoshi Suzuki

Choreographer:
Reijirô Adachi

Costume Design:
Gô Mikami

Director:
Tomu Uchida

Director of Photography:
Makoto Tsuboi

Editor:
Shintarō Miyamoto

Executive Producer:
Hiroshi Ookawa

Gaffer:
Hiroshi Watada

Hairstylist:
Ayako Sakurai

Makeup Artist:
Masanobu Hayashi

Novel:
Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Original Music Composer:
Saburo Tominaga

Production Design:
Takaya Ogawa
Kimiharu Tsujino
Jun'ichirô Tamaki

Production Supervisor:
Toshiji Ikeda

Screenplay:
Masashige Narusawa

Set Designer:
Tomizô Uoyama

Still Photographer:
Hiroshi Ezaki

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