The Life of Oharu (1952)
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu |
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Tsukie Matsuura as Tomo |
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Ichirō Sugai as Shinzaemon |
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Hisako Yamane as Lady Matsudaira |
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Toshirō Mifune as Katsunosuke |
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Jūkichi Uno as Yakichi Ogiya |
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Eitarō Shindō as Kahe Sasaya |
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Akira Ōizumi as Fumikichi |
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Masao Shimizu as Kikuoji |
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Daisuke Katō as Tasaburo Hishiya |
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Toranosuke Ogawa as Yoshioka |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Counterfeiter |
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Komako Hara as Otsubone Kuzui |
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Kikue Mōri as Myokai, the old nun |
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Sadako Sawamura as Sasaya's wife Owasa |
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Toshiaki Konoe as Lord Harutaka Matsudaira |
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Kiyoko Tsuji as Landlady |
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Kyōko Kusajima as Sodegaki |
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Benkei Shiganoya as Jihei |
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Aizo Tamashima as Old Man |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Writing | Saikaku Ihara | Novel |
| Writing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Writer |
| Writing | Yoshikata Yoda | Writer |
| Editing | Toshio Goto | Editor |
| Production | Hideo Koi | Producer |
| Production | Kenji Mizoguchi | Producer |
| Camera | Yoshimi Hirano | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Production Design |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |