Theatre Play
明治も終わりの頃。奉公先の旦那の手がついて妾となったものの、旦那の死により縁を切られ、生まれたばかりの娘・お種も里子に出し故郷に戻ってきたお浪は、士族であった父の病気と多大な借金のため、深川州崎遊郭の大店『大八幡』に身を売り、楓という花魁となっていた。三年ぶりに故郷に戻ってきたお浪は、お種が里子先でひどい仕打ちを受けていると婆やのおさわから聞かされ、店のお松の知恵を借り、年期を延ばして借金を重ねる。
Production Supervisor
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.
Screenplay
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence. Naruse employed a delicately structured mise-en-scene in this family melodrama, which evokes the work of Josef von Sternberg.
