Osaka Elegy

Osaka Elegy

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Release Date

5/28/1936

Runtime

71 mins

Genres

Overview

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A spare, unflinching portrait of a woman trapped between duty and self-preservation, forced into moral compromise to save her family from ruin. The film observes her sacrifice with quiet, unsparing clarity.

Mood

MelancholicBleakTense

Themes

FamilyClassSurvivalIdentity

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Sexual content

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Osaka Elegy (1936) directed by Kenji Mizoguchi | FirstCinema