The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu

Movie·1952·2h 16m

The Life of Oharu

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 西鶴一代女

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

Written By

Yoshikata Yoda

Producer

Kenji Mizoguchi, Hideo Koi

Cinematography

Yoshimi Hirano

Music

Ichirō Saitō

Editor

Toshio Goto

Themes

prostitutebased on novel or bookdespaircourtesanbanishmentconcubinememorytold in flashbackforced prostitutionnoblewomanshameedo period

Production House

Koi Productions
Shintoho Company
TOHO

Audience Score

77%

195 votes

Skip7%
Timepass16%
Go for it38%
Perfection39%

Where to watch

Region: IN

Free

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Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Oharu

Tsukie Matsuura

Tomo

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Shinzaemon

Hisako Yamane

Hisako Yamane

Lady Matsudaira

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Katsunosuke

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Yakichi Ogiya

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Kahe Sasaya

Akira Ōizumi

Akira Ōizumi

Fumikichi

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Kikuoji

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Tasaburo Hishiya

Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa

Yoshioka

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Counterfeiter

Komako Hara

Komako Hara

Otsubone Kuzui

Kikue Mōri

Myokai, the old nun

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Sasaya's wife Owasa

Toshiaki Konoe

Toshiaki Konoe

Lord Harutaka Matsudaira

Kiyoko Tsuji

Landlady

Kyōko Kusajima

Sodegaki

// crew

Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director, Writer, Producer

Yoshikata Yoda

Writer

Toshio Goto

Editor

Hideo Koi

Producer

Yoshimi Hirano

Director of Photography

Ichirō Saitō

Original Music Composer

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