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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)

Romance
Release Date: 1959, September 13
Directors: Tomu Uchida
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Chieko Naniwa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Chiezo Kataoka, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Chie Ueki, Hiromi Hanazono, Yoshiko Nakamura

Overview:

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he steals money from his employer to buy her freedom himself. Now hunted criminals, the lovers flee toward Yamato, pursued by the law.