The Life of Oharu

  • Drama
4/17/1952
136

Storyline

In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Yoshikata Yoda
    • prostitute
    • based on novel or book
    • despair
    • courtesan
    • banishment
    • concubine
    • memory
    • told in flashback
    • noblewoman
    • shame
    • edo period
    • feudal lord
    • feudal japan
    • 17th century
    • sold into slavery
    • tragic destiny
    • life story
    • fallen woman
    • social scandal
    • woman with past
    • suffering woman
    • tragic heroine
    • forced into prostitution

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    Cast

    • Kinuyo Tanaka
      Oharu
    • Tsukie Matsuura
      Tomo
    • Ichirō Sugai
      Shinzaemon
    • Hisako Yamane
      Lady Matsudaira
    • Toshirō Mifune
      Katsunosuke
    • Jūkichi Uno
      Yakichi Ogiya
    • Eitarō Shindō
      Kahe Sasaya
    • Akira Ōizumi
      Fumikichi
    • Masao Shimizu
      Kikuoji
    • Daisuke Katō
      Tasaburo Hishiya
    • Toranosuke Ogawa
      Yoshioka
    • Eijirō Yanagi
      Counterfeiter
    • Komako Hara
      Otsubone Kuzui
    • Kikue Mōri
      Myokai, the old nun
    • Sadako Sawamura
      Sasaya's wife Owasa
    • Toshiaki Konoe
      Lord Harutaka Matsudaira

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