The Life of Oharu

Name: The Life of Oharu
Released: 1952-04-17
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 7.69
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirō Sugai, Hisako Yamane, Toshirō Mifune

1952•2u 16m

7.7(194)

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

Director

Writer

Producer

Trailer

Cast

Cast and their roles

Kinuyo Tanaka

Oharu

Tsukie Matsuura

Tomo

Ichirō Sugai

Shinzaemon

Hisako Yamane

Lady Matsudaira

Toshirō Mifune

Katsunosuke

Jūkichi Uno

Yakichi Ogiya

Eitarō Shindō

Kahe Sasaya

Akira Ōizumi

Fumikichi

Masao Shimizu

Kikuoji

Daisuke Katō

Tasaburo Hishiya

Toranosuke Ogawa

Yoshioka

Eijirō Yanagi

Counterfeiter

Komako Hara

Otsubone Kuzui

Kikue Mōri

Myokai, the old nun

Sadako Sawamura

Sasaya's wife Owasa

Toshiaki Konoe

Lord Harutaka Matsudaira

Kiyoko Tsuji

Landlady

Kyōko Kusajima

Sodegaki

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Details

Release date

April 17, 1952

Status

Released

Original title

西鶴一代女

Keywords

prostitutebased on novel or bookdespaircourtesanbanishmentconcubinememorytold in flashbacknoblewomanshameedo periodfeudal lordfeudal japan17th centurysold into slaverytragic destinylife storyfallen womansocial scandalsuffering womantragic heroineforced into prostitution