Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 (1936) Rating: Starring: Yoko Umemura, Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Okura, Shinpachiro Asaka, Benkei Shiganoya, Kensaku Hara, Shizuko Takizawa, Eitarô Shindô, Kunio Tamura Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Category: Classics, Foreign Classic Dramas, Foreign, Japan Studio: Subtitles: English Length: 1h 11m     Osaka Elegy (1936) follows the story of a young telephone operator named Ayako who becomes entangled in scandalous relationships to support her financially struggling family, revealing the harsh societal and gender constraints of pre-war Japan.