Ryosuke Okamoto

Shin ono ga tsumi

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

An Inn at Osaka

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.

親馬鹿花合戦

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.