Osaka Elegy (1936)

Original title

浪華悲歌

Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in 1930s Osaka becomes the mistress of a married man to support her family. She faces judgment and exploitation from those around her.

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What happens

Osaka Elegy (Japanese: 浪華悲歌, Hepburn: Naniwa Erejī; lit. "Naniwa Elegy") is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion which shares much of the same cast and production team, and is considered an early masterpiece in the director's career. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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