
Osaka Elegy(1936)
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.


The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family frequents.

Hideko Takamine
Miho Nishigaki

Chikage Awashima
Ayako Kouno

Masayuki Mori
Keijiro Kouno

Tatsuya Nakadai
Minami

Yuriko Hoshi
Hiroko Kouno

Kumi Mizuno
Ruriko

Keiko Awaji
Fukuko

Chōko Iida
Miho no sobo

Yatsuko Tan'ami
Hanae

Chieko Nakakita
Toshiko Furuya
The Other Woman is a drama film released in 1961 exploring themes of mistress, love affair. Directed by Mikio Naruse, it stars Hideko Takamine, Chikage Awashima, Masayuki Mori. The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family frequents.
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