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An Inn at Osaka

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'An Inn at Osaka' is a 1954 Japanese drama and shomin-geki film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It is based on the novel of the same name by Takitar Minakami and was produced by Gosho's own production company Studio Eight. Film historians regard 'An Inn at Osaka' as one of Gosho's major, but also darker works.

Plot



After his reassignment to Osaka due to an argument with his superior, Tokyo businessman Mita is residing in a cheap inn as his salary won't allow for better accommodation. Though rather a reclusive person, he tries to help the housemaidens with their monetary problems (including a solitary mother and the wife of an unemployed worker), while geisha Uwabami tries to awaken his interest, but to no avail. In the end, Mita, who is critical of his new superior's reckless business practices which result in a business partner's suicide, is transferred again. During the goodbye ceremony, Mita reminds the participants, who all missed their intended goals in one way ore another, to "have the dignity to laugh in the face of unhappiness".

Cast



* Shji Sano as Kyichi Mita

* Toshio Hosokawa as Tawara

* Nobuko Otowa as Uwabami

* Mitsuko Mito as Orika

* Hiroko Kawasaki as Otsugi

* Sachiko Hidari as Oyone

* Eiko Miyoshi as inn keeper

* Kamatari Fujiwara as Ossan

* Kyko Anzai as Omitsu

* Haruo Tanaka

* Jun Tatara

* Hisao Toake

* Zek Nakamura

* Akira Nakamura

* Hy Kitazawa

* Michiko Megumi

* Toranosuke Ogawa

References




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