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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.
Mar 12, 2021 · The Life Of Oharu. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952.
The Life of Oharu: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune. Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
Oct 29, 2012 · Her life is the fate in microcosm of many Japanese women for centuries, in a society ruled by a male hierarchy. Kenji Mizoguchi, its director, was as sympathetic with women as any of his contemporaries, even Ozu, who whom he is often ranked. He made prostitutes a frequent subject, as in his "Street of Shame" (1956).
The Life of Oharu. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952.
In feudal Japan, Oharu (Kinuyo Tanaka), the daughter of royal samurai Shinzaemon (Ichiro Sugai), secretly has a passionate romance with Katsunosuke (Toshirô Mifune), a man...
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One of Mizoguchi's most devastating achievements, The Life of Oharu stars Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a feudal lord who struggles to escape the stigma of having been forced into prostitution by her father.
May 8, 2012 · Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu), the first of Mizoguchi’s final nine films, is central to his reputation as a feminist. Poverty-stricken as a child, he was witness to his elder sister being sold into the life of a geisha.
A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made THE LIFE OF OHARU in 1952.
The Life of Oharu. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952.
