The Life of Oharu
1952 · Movie · 148 min. · Japan
It tells the story of Oharu, a 50-year-old woman who suffers the strict conventions of 17th century Feudal Japan. She becomes the lover of a man, but when they are discovered, Oharu and her family are obliged to live in exile.
Direction Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Tsukie Matsuura · Ichiro Sugai · Toshirô Mifune · Toshiaki Konoe · Kiyoko Tsuji · Hisako Yamane · Jûkichi Uno · Eitarô Shindô · Akira Ôizumi · Kyôko Kusajima · Masao Shimizu · Daisuke Kato · Toranosuke Ogawa · Hiroshi Oizumi · Haruyo Ichikawa · Yuriko Hamada · Noriko Sengoku · Sadako Sawamura · Masao Mishima · Eijirô Yanagi · Chieko Higashiyama
Soundtrack Ichiro Saitô
Screenplay Yoshikata Yoda · Saikaku Ihara
Cinematography Yoshimi Hirano
Original title Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu)
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