Osaka Story (1999)
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| Osaka Story | |
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 Japanese VHS cover | |
| Directed by | Jun Ichikawa |
| Produced by | Tetsuo Satonaka |
| Written by | Isshin Inudou |
| Music by | Tomoyuki Asakawa |
| Cinematography | Tatsuhiko Kobayashi |
| Editing by | Yukio Watanabe |
| Distributed by | Tokyo Theatres |
| Released | March 27, 1999 |
| Running time | 119 min. |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
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This article is about the 1999 film. For the 1957 film, see Osaka Story (1957).
Osaka Story (大阪物語 Osaka monogatari) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa.
[edit] Plot
Fourteen-year-old Wakana's parents are a manzai comedy duo. When the father cheats on the mother and gets his lover pregnant they get divorced but keep the comedy team together for a while. Eventually his alcoholism affects their performances and he vanishes one day. Nobody seems to know where he went so Wakana decides to find him.
[edit] Cast
- Chizuru Ikewaki ... Wakana Shimotsuki
- Kosuke Nanno ... Toru
- Kenji Sawada ... Ryusuke Shimotsuki
- Yuko Tanaka ... Harumi Shimotsuki
- Chocho Miyako ... Kana Shigeta
- Keisuke Nakao ... Ichiro Shimotsuki
- Asako Kobayashi ... Taeko
- Kou Machida
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