title: An Osaka Story
text: # An Osaka Story
  
  An Osaka Story (大阪物語, Osaka Monogatari) is a 1957 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. The film had originally been planned by Kenji Mizoguchi, who had adapted several stories by Saikaku Ihara into a script. After Mizoguchi's death, the project was assigned to Yoshimura.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Raizo Ichikawa as Keizaburō
  * Nakamura Ganjirō II as Nihei
  * Chieko Naniwa as Ofude
  * Kyōko Kagawa as Onatsu
  * Shintaro Katsu as Ichinosuke
  * Michiko Ono as Takino
  * Narutoshi Hayashi as Kichitarō
  * Tamao Nakamura as Ayagi
  * Eijirō Tōno as Gonzaemon Hoshino
  * Kyū Sazanka as Kawachiya
  
  ## Legacy
  
  An Osaka Story was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.
  
  