 The protagonist of "Osaka Elegy" is an oppressed woman, but a resilient "modern girl" as well, and many believe it is suggested that although her family and social life are compromised by the end of the film, Ayako will remake herself and her condition will eventually improve.Critics have also taken a Marxist approach to the film.The film begins with big band music and city lights, implying modernity, but the body of the film shows a very hierarchical, androcentric, and conservative society.