The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna)

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Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Starring (View all)

Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu

Ichirô Sugai
Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father

Toshirô Mifune
Katsunosuke

Toshiaki Konoe
Lord Harutaka Matsudaira

Kiyoko Tsuji
Landlady

Jûkichi Uno
Yakichi Ogiya

Eitarô Shindô
Kahe Sasaya

Akira Ôizumi
Fumikichi, Sasaya's Friend

Written by

Saikaku Ihara
novel Koshuku Ichidai Onna

Kenji Mizoguchi

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Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of the society.

Release date: 20 April 1964

Tags: Japan (5), Drama (4), Japanese (4), 1950s (4), Samurai (3), Prostitution (2), 1952 (2), Love (1), Tragedy (1), Asian (1), Foreign Language (1), East Asia (1), Not Foreign Language (1), Upsetting (1), Prostitutiton (1)

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"January 29th Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi I would think are the two most prolific filmmakers whose most common theme is the plight of women. Now, Ozu would always take the modern approach and Mizoguchi was more of a fan of what I assume to be Edo period. I mention Ozu because I find it really interesting that so much of Japanese cinema was dominated by stories of women and the hurdles of their time, be it the 1960s or the 1600s. I don't bat an eye at this, I ha"