An Inn at Osaka

An Inn at Osaka
Directed by	Heinosuke Gosho
Produced by	Ryosuke Okamoto; Katsuzô Shino;
Written by	Heinosuke Gosho; Toshio Yasumi; Takitarō Minakami (novel);
Starring	Shūji Sano; Toshio Hosokawa; Nobuko Otowa; Mitsuko Mito; Hiroko Kawasaki; Sachiko Hidari;
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Cinematography	Jôji Ohara
Edited by	Shin Nagata
Distributed by	Shintoho
Release date	April 20, 1954; [1]
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

An Inn at Osaka (Japanese: 大阪の宿, romanized: Ōsaka no yado) is a 1954 Japanese drama and shomin-geki film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It is based on the novel of the same name by Takitarō 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.[2][3][4]

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

Shūji Sano as Kyōichi 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
Kyōko Anzai as Omitsu
Haruo Tanaka
Jun Tatara
Hisao Toake
Zekō Nakamura
Akira Nakamura
Hyō Kitazawa
Michiko Megumi
Toranosuke Ogawa

References

"An Inn at Osaka". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company.
Nolletti Jr., Arthur (2008). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter through Tears. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 214–225. ISBN 978-0-253-34484-7.
Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.

External links

An Inn at Osaka at IMDb
An Inn at Osaka at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[jmdb-1] "An Inn at Osaka". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[Anderson-Richie-2] Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company.

[Nolletti-3] Nolletti Jr., Arthur (2008). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter through Tears. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 214–225. ISBN 978-0-253-34484-7.

[Jacoby-4] Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.