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The Life of Oharu
Film / 1952

The Life of Oharu

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Drama

★ 7.8/10Audience rating

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

The story

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Cast

Kinuyo TanakaOharu Tsukie MatsuuraTomo Ichirō SugaiShinzaemon Hisako YamaneLady Matsudaira Toshirō MifuneKatsunosuke Jūkichi UnoYakichi Ogiya Eitarō ShindōKahe Sasaya Akira ŌizumiFumikichi Masao ShimizuKikuoji Daisuke KatōTasaburo Hishiya Toranosuke OgawaYoshioka Eijirō YanagiCounterfeiter
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Komako HaraOtsubone Kuzui Kikue MōriMyokai, the old nun Sadako SawamuraSasaya's wife Owasa Toshiaki KonoeLord Harutaka Matsudaira Kiyoko TsujiLandlady Kyōko KusajimaSodegaki Benkei ShiganoyaJihei Aizo TamashimaOld Man

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