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The Life of Oharu

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The Life of Oharu
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NR,2hrs 16min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1952
Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune, Ichiro Sugai  ...more
Synopsis: Life of Oharu features Kinuyo Tanaka in the title role. Oharu is a middle-aged prostitute in 17th century Japan. As she prays before a statue of Buddha, Oharu reviews her past. Her road to degradation began when, as a teenager, she disgraced her family by falling in love with a samurai (Toshiro Mifune). Oharu became the mistress of a prince, who cast her off after she bore his son. She was then sold into prostitution by her father, and thus began a catch-as-catch-can existence alternating between ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
Though maybe not director Kenji Mizoguchi's most perfect film (Ugetsu and Sansho the Bailiff usually garner this title), Life of Oharu is arguably his most important work. When it won the 1952 Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival one year after Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon did the same, Oharu not only solidified the reputation of Japanese cinema but also ended Mizoguchi's decade-long artistic tailspin ... Full Review
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Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu
Toshiro Mifune
Katsunosuke
Ichiro Sugai
Shonzaemon, Oharu's Father
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