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An Inn at Osaka(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-04-20
73%
12 Votes
Time: 2h 2m
Overview:
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
Languages: Japanese.
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Movie: An Inn at Osaka
Top 10 Billed Cast
佐野周二
Mito
乙羽信子
Mitsuko Mito
川崎弘子
左幸子
安西郷子
三好栄子
田中春男
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Overview
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
Release Date
1954-04-20
Average
7.3
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
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