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Singing Lovebirds
Singing Lovebirds
7.6
/10
29 Ratings

SINGING LOVEBIRDS

Oshidori utagassen

Directed by Masahiro Makino
Japan, 1939
Comedy, Musical, Romance, History

Synopsis

Masahiro Makino here offers a lively Japanese musical that follows a love story between a samurai and a courtesan during the Edo period of Japan. Poor young Oharu loves her ronin neighbor but is under pressure to marry a lord because of the debts owed by her umbrella-making father.

Synopsis

Masahiro Makino here offers a lively Japanese musical that follows a love story between a samurai and a courtesan during the Edo period of Japan. Poor young Oharu loves her ronin neighbor but is under pressure to marry a lord because of the debts owed by her umbrella-making father.