The Life of Oharu(Movie, 1952)

Name: The Life of Oharu
Genre: Drama
Released: 1952
Duration: T02:16:00
Rating: 4

Original title: "西鶴一代女" (Japanese/JA)

2h 16min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 4.0/5 (with 73 votes)

The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女, Saikaku ichidai onna, lit. "Saikaku: Life of a woman") is a 1952 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda is based on various stories from Saikaku Ihara's 1686 work The Life of an Amorous Woman. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a daimyō (and mother of a later daimyō) who struggles to escape the stigma of having been forced into prostitution by her father. ()

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About The Life of Oharu

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

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Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu) 1952 Trailer(Trailer, 3:14)

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Plays in: Japan

Based on the work of: Ihara Saikaku ("The Life of an Amorous Woman")

Made by: Toho Company, Shintoho Company, Koi Productions

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 13 languages: Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/01/1952 (World premiere: 04/17/1952)

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichirō Sugai, Toshirō Mifune, Chieko Higashiyama, Takashi Shimura, Jūkichi Uno, Eitarō Shindō, Masao Shimizu, Daisuke Katō, Haruyo Ichikawa, Noriko Sengoku, Sadako Sawamura, Komako Hara, Eijirō Yanagi

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Producer: Kenji Mizoguchi

Screenwriter: Ihara Saikaku

Film Editor: Toshio Gotō

Composer: Ichirō Saitō

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"The Life of O-Haru"

"Saikaku ichidai onna"

"오하루의 일생"

"Женщина Сайкаку"

"Жизнь без счастья"

"Жизнь Охару, куртизанки"

Keywords: 17th century, prostitution, despair, feudal lord, memory, courtesan, concubine, life story, feudal japan

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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