The Life of Oharu
1952 · 148 min · dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
The Life of Oharu 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. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a daimyō who struggles to escape the stigma of having been forced into prostitution by her father. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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