
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.
Cast

Shūji Sano
Mito

Nobuko Otowa
Unknown

Mitsuko Mito
Unknown

Hiroko Kawasaki
Unknown

Sachiko Hidari
Unknown

Kyōko Anzai
Unknown
Eiko Miyoshi
Unknown

Haruo Tanaka
Unknown
Toshio Hosokawa
Unknown

Toranosuke Ogawa
Unknown

Jun Tatara
Unknown

Kamatari Fujiwara
Unknown

Hisao Toake
Unknown
Akira Nakamura
Unknown

Hiroshi Hayashi
Unknown

Zeko Nakamura
Unknown
Reiko Miyagawa
Unknown
Akemi Nishi
Unknown
Kiyoko Wakamiya
Unknown
Yoshiko Kuwano
Unknown
Michiko Kei
Unknown
Takao Minakami
Unknown
Toshi Komori
Unknown
Sakutarō Yamakawa
Unknown
Rei Ishikawa
Unknown
Kazuki Nishi
Unknown
Crew

Heinosuke Gosho
Director, Screenplay

Toshio Yasumi
Screenplay
Takitarō Minakami
Novel
Shin Osada
Editor

Jōji Ohara
Director of Photography
Akira Miwa
Assistant Director

Mantarō Kubota
Production Supervisor
Katsuzô Shino
Producer
Ryosuke Okamoto
Producer
Yûji Dôgen
Sound
Akira Yaguchi
Lighting Artist

Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Takashi Matsuyama
Art Direction
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