An Osaka Story
# An Osaka Story

An Osaka Story (大阪物語, Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. The film had originally been planned by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had adapted several stories by Saikaku Ihara into a script. After Mizoguchi's death, the project was assigned to Yoshimura.

## Cast

* Raizo Ichikawa as Keizaburō
* Nakamura Ganjirō II as Nihei
* Chieko Naniwa as Ofude
* Kyōko Kagawa as Onatsu
* Shintaro Katsu as Ichinosuke
* Michiko Ono as Takino
* Narutoshi Hayashi as Kichitarō
* Tamao Nakamura as Ayagi
* Eijirō Tōno as Gonzaemon Hoshino
* Kyū Sazanka as Kawachiya

## Legacy

An Osaka Story was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.

