An Inn at Osaka (大阪の宿, Ōsaka no yado) is a 1954 Japanese drama and shōshimin-eiga film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.
Film historians regard An Inn at Osaka as one of Gosho's major, but also darker works.
[3][4][5] After his reassignment to Osaka due to an argument with his superior, Tokyo businessman Mita is residing in a cheap inn as his salary won't allow for better accommodation.
Though rather a reclusive person, he tries to help the housemaidens with their monetary problems (including a solitary mother and the wife of an unemployed worker), while geisha Uwabami tries to awaken his interest, but to no avail.
During the goodbye ceremony, Mita reminds the participants, who have all missed their intended goals in one way or another, to "have the dignity to laugh in the face of unhappiness".