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The Life of Oharu(1952)

7.7(195)
2h 16m
1952-04-17

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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Keywords

prostitute
based on novel or book
despair
courtesan
banishment
concubine
memory
told in flashback
forced prostitution
noblewoman
shame
edo period
feudal lord
feudal japan
17th century
sold into slavery
tragic destiny
life story
fallen woman
social scandal
suffering woman
tragic heroine

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Top Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu
No Photo
Tsukie Matsuura
Tomo
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Shinzaemon
Hisako Yamane
Hisako Yamane
Lady Matsudaira
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Katsunosuke
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
Yakichi Ogiya
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Kahe Sasaya
Akira Ōizumi
Akira Ōizumi
Fumikichi
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu
Kikuoji
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Tasaburo Hishiya
Toranosuke Ogawa
Toranosuke Ogawa
Yoshioka
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Counterfeiter
Komako Hara
Komako Hara
Otsubone Kuzui
No Photo
Kikue Mōri
Myokai, the old nun
Sadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
Sasaya's wife Owasa