Movie · 1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Released 13 September 1959 More from 1959 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
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The numbers
23years between the oldest and youngest billed
49Kinuyo Tanaka — oldest on the call sheet
26Kinnosuke Nakamura — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast