The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu

Saikaku ichidai onna
🎞️ Movie 133 min JP
โ˜… 8.0 /10 1952

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.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu
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Tsukie Matsuura
Tomo, Oharu's Mother
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Katsunosuke
Toshiaki Konoe
Toshiaki Konoe
Lord Harutaka Matsudaira
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Kiyoko Tsuji
Landlady
Hisako Yamane
Hisako Yamane
Lady Matsudaira
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
Yakichi Ogiya
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Kahe Sasaya
Akira Ôizumi
Akira Ôizumi
Fumikichi, Sasaya's Friend
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Ichirō Saitō
Composer
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Yoshimi Hirano
Cinematographer

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Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu) 1952 Trailer