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Osaka Elegy

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Osaka Elegy
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NR,1hr 11min
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1936
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Synopsis: This is one of director Kenji Mizoguchi's first true masterworks in his long, highly celebrated career. Ayako, a young switchboard operator, tries to resist the advances of Asai, the owner of the pharmaceutical company where she works. Her love interest Nishmura, a young executive at the same company, does not seemed bothered, and her drunken father, who is up to his eyes in debt, is even less helpful. After a loud argument, her father throws her out of the house. With nowhere else to go, Ayako becomes ... Full Synopsis
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At a time when heartwarming family dramas were the norm, Osaka Elegy (1936) delivered an unprecedented dose of hard reality to Japanese cinema. Considered Kenji Mizoguchi's finest pre-war work, along with Sisters of the Gion, this drama is a searing critique of social hypocrisy that moves the viewer without stooping to sentimentality. As in much of Mizoguchi's work, women suffer at the hands of men ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Ayako Murai
Susumu Nishimura
Sumiko Asai
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