The Life of Oharu
Directors
Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors
- Kinuyo Tanaka
- Tsukie Matsuura
- Ichirô Sugai
Credits: 5
Summary
Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
More about this movie
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Once a lady-in-waiting at the imperial court at Kyoto, Oharu fell in love with, and became the lover of, a man below her station. They were discovered, and Oharu and her family were exiled. For Oharu there followed a life filled with one sorrow and humiliation after another.