The Life of Oharu (1952)

Quality: HD

Genre:Drama

Country: Japan

Release Date: 20 Apr 1964

Staring:Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichiro Sugai

Director:Kenji Mizoguchi

Rating: 8.1 (IMDb)

Runtime: 133 min

Storyline:

The Life of Oharu (1952) 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.