The Life of Oharu

Based On the book by Ihara Saikaku

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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Release date:

1952

Director:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast:

Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichirō Sugai, Toshirō Mifune, Chieko Higashiyama, Takashi Shimura

Genre:

Drama

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1952 in adaptations