THU APRIL 7, 2022 7:00 PM

OSAKA ELEGY

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Takashi Shimura Retrospective 

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  • RELEASED IN: 1936
  • 71 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: KENJI MIZOGUCHI

ABOUT THE FILM

A critical and popular triumph, OSAKA ELEGY established Mizoguchi as one of Japan’s major filmmakers. The director’s often-used leading actress Isuzu Yamada stars as Ayako, a switchboard operator trapped in a compromising, ruinous relationship with her boss to help support her wastrel father. With its fluid cinematography and deft storytelling, OSAKA ELEGY ushered in a new era of sound melodrama for Mizoguchi. Takashi Shimura plays a police inspector in one of his earliest film roles.

FORMAT: DCP

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films