The Life of Oharu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-04-20

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (3779 Reviews)

Director:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Kinuyo Tanaka Tsukie Matsuura Ichirè Sugai Toshirè Mifune

Writer:

Saikaku Ihara (novel)

Kenji Mizoguchi

Yoshikata Yoda

Fullplot:

A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Once a lady-in-waiting at the imperial court at Kyoto, Oharu fell in love with, and became the lover of, a man below her station. They were discovered, and Oharu and her family were exiled. For Oharu there followed a life filled with one sorrow and humiliation after another.

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