Directed by:
Kenji MizoguchiComposer:
Ichirô SaitôCast:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirō Mifune, Reiko Mori, Chieko Higashiyama, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō, Tsukie Matsuura, 進藤英太郎, 菅井一郎, Sadako SawamuraPlots(1)
A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society throughout its history, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952. But this epic portrait of an inexorable fall from grace, starring the incredibly talented Kinuyo Tanaka as an imperial lady-in-waiting who gradually descends to street prostitution, was the movie that gained its Director international attention, ushering in a new golden period for him. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Red Beard (1965)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
High and Low (1963)
Reiko Mori
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Chieko Higashiyama
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Tokyo Story (1953)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Daisuke Katō
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Yojimbo (1961)
Tsukie Matsuura
Korea
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
進藤英太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1964)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Drunken Angel (1948)
菅井一郎
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Sadako Sawamura
Japan
Best movies:
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Late Autumn (1960)
Good Morning (1959)