Drama · Japan · 1952 · 2h 16m

The Life of Oharu

西鶴一代女

The Life of Oharu poster
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu Tsukie Matsuura as Tomo Ichirō Sugai as Shinzaemon Hisako Yamane as Lady Matsudaira Toshirō Mifune as Katsunosuke Jūkichi Uno as Yakichi Ogiya
Crew
Yoshimi Hirano — Director of Photography Toshio Goto — Editor Ichirō Saitō — Original Music Composer Yoshikata Yoda — Writer Kenji Mizoguchi — Writer Saikaku Ihara — Novel
Synopsis

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Trailer The Life of Oharu — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
prostitutebased on novel or bookdespaircourtesanbanishmentconcubinememorytold in flashbacknoblewomanshameedo periodfeudal lord
Key Collaborators
Kenji Mizoguchi Director Yoshimi Hirano Director of Photography Toshio Goto Editor Ichirō Saitō Original Music Composer Yoshikata Yoda Writer Kenji Mizoguchi Writer Saikaku Ihara Novel Hideo Koi Producer Kenji Mizoguchi Producer Hiroshi Mizutani Production Design
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