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JAPAN · 1940

A Woman of Osaka

Kenji Mizoguchi
Japanese Golden Age marriage and devotion class difference sacrifice business and commerce jealousy and conflict
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Synopsis

When wealthy Ochika marries desolute Danpei, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays.

Year1940
CountryJapan
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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