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A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952. But this epic portrait of an inexorable fall from grace, starring the astounding Kinuyo Tanaka as an imperial lady-in-waiting who gradually descends to street prostitution, was the movie that gained the director international attention, ushering in a new golden period for him.
Original Release
04/17/1952
US Release
04/20/1964
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kinuyo Tanaka | Oharu |
Tsukie Matsuura | Tomo, Oharu's Mother |
Ichirô Sugai | Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father |
Toshirô Mifune | Katsunosuke |
Toshiaki Konoe | Lord Harutaka Matsudaira |
Kiyoko Tsuji | Landlady |
Hisako Yamane | Lady Matsudaira |
Jukichi Uno | Yakichi Ogiya |
Eitarô Shindô | Kahe Sasaya |
Akira Ôizumi | Fumikichi, Sasaya's Friend |
Directors
Writers
Saikaku Ihara, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kinuyo Tanaka | Oharu |
Tsukie Matsuura | Tomo, Oharu's Mother |
Ichirô Sugai | Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father |
Toshirô Mifune | Katsunosuke |
Toshiaki Konoe | Lord Harutaka Matsudaira |
Kiyoko Tsuji | Landlady |
Hisako Yamane | Lady Matsudaira |
Jukichi Uno | Yakichi Ogiya |
Eitarô Shindô | Kahe Sasaya |
Akira Ôizumi | Fumikichi, Sasaya's Friend |
Kyôko Kusajima | Sodegaki |
Masao Shimizu | Kikuoji |
Daisuke Katô | Tasaburo Hishiya |
Toranosuke Ogawa | Yoshioka |
Haruyo Ichikawa | Lady-in-waiting Iwabashi |
Hiroshi Mizuno | Servant Shinozaki Kumon |
Yuriko Hamada | Otsubone Yoshioka |
Noriko Sengoku | Lady-in-waiting Sakurai |
Sadako Sawamura | Owasa |
Masao Mishima | Taisaburo Hishiya |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Isamu Yoshii | Executive Producer |
Kenji Mizoguchi | Producer |
Hideo Koi | Producer |