The Life of Oharu (1952)

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

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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Released 1952-04-17 · 136 min · Drama

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu
Tsukie Matsuura as Tomo
Ichirō Sugai as Shinzaemon
Hisako Yamane as Lady Matsudaira
Toshirō Mifune as Katsunosuke
Jūkichi Uno as Yakichi Ogiya
Eitarō Shindō as Kahe Sasaya
Akira Ōizumi as Fumikichi
Masao Shimizu as Kikuoji
Daisuke Katō as Tasaburo Hishiya
Toranosuke Ogawa as Yoshioka
Eijirō Yanagi as Counterfeiter
Komako Hara as Otsubone Kuzui
Kikue Mōri as Myokai, the old nun
Sadako Sawamura as Sasaya's wife Owasa