Singing Lovebirds

Singing Lovebirds (鴛鴦歌合戦, Oshidori utagassen) is a 1939 Japanese musical comedy film directed by Masahiro Makino.

[1] Masahiro Makino produced other musicals, like Hanako-san (1943) and was known for his rhythmic style.

She is in love with another rōnin, Reisaburō Asai, who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties, Otomi and Fujio.

To make things even more difficult for Oharu, her father is obsessed with antiques, buying them even though he has little money and even when most of them eventually turn out to be fakes.

A mistake, however, puts him deeply in debt to the local lord, Minezawa Tanba no Kami, and he is confronted with having to sell Oharu in order to pay it off.

Screenshot from the film