Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Romance

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Tomu Uchida

Status Released

Release Date 1959-09-13

Storyline

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.