The Life of Oharu
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
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Cast
20 people
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Tsukie Matsuura
Tomo
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Hero of the Red Light District
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Ichirō Sugai
Shinzaemon
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Sansho the Bailiff
Early Summer
Hisako Yamane
Lady Matsudaira
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The Moon Has Risen
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Toshirō Mifune
Katsunosuke
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Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Jūkichi Uno
Yakichi Ogiya
Known for
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Onibaba
Eitarō Shindō
Kahe Sasaya
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Akira Ōizumi
Fumikichi
Known for
Good Morning
Repast
Masao Shimizu
Kikuoji
Known for
Godzilla Raids Again
Sanjuro
Daisuke Katō
Tasaburo Hishiya
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Toranosuke Ogawa
Yoshioka
Known for
Godzilla
Seven Samurai
Eijirō Yanagi
Counterfeiter
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
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Kenji Mizoguchi Director · Yoshikata Yoda Writer Saikaku Ihara Author
First release April 17, 1952 · Produced in Japan · Production Shintoho Company, TOHO
Production
Koi Productions
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Shintoho Company
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
西鶴一代女
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 17, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
August 25, 1952 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Netherlands
March 7, 1985 · Theatrical · Re-release
Russia
August 19, 1963 · Theatrical
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