Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Directed by Tomu Uchida

With Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Yukishiro and Hiromi Hanazono

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.