An Osaka Story

An Osaka Story (1957)

March 6th, 19571h 37min

Comedy, Drama
54%

Overview

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.


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