An Osaka Story

An Osaka Story (大阪物語) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. The film had originally been planned by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had adapted several stories by Saikaku Ihara into a script. After Mizoguchi's death, the project was assigned to Yoshimura.

Cast

 * Raizo Ichikawa as Keizaburō
 * Nakamura Ganjirō II as Nihei
 * Chieko Naniwa as Ofude
 * Kyōko Kagawa as Onatsu
 * Shintaro Katsu as Ichinosuke
 * Michiko Ono as Takino
 * Narutoshi Hayashi as Kichitarō
 * Tamao Nakamura as Ayagi
 * Eijirō Tōno as Gonzaemon Hoshino
 * Kyū Sazanka as Kawachiya

Legacy
An Osaka Story was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.