Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)

Original title

浪花の恋の物語

Directed by

Tomu Uchida

Genre

Jidaigeki

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in 18th century Osaka, a young businessman falls for a courtesan and their forbidden love leads to a chain of tragic events. The story follows their struggle against social expectations and the consequences of their passion.

melancholicpoeticslow-burntragicvisually lushintimateperiodromantic

What happens

Une histoire d'amour de Naniwa (浪花の恋の物語, Naniwa no koi no monogatari) est un film japonais réalisé par Tomu Uchida et sorti en 1959. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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