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The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女, Saikaku ichidai onna, lit. "Saikaku: Life of a woman") 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.
12 Mac 2021 · The Life Of Oharu. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952.
The Life of Oharu: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune. Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
29 Okt 2012 · A great deal of the story's pathos comes from the fact that no one except Oharu knows the whole of her life history; she is judged from the outside as an immoral and despicable women, and we realize this is no more than the role society has cast her in, and forces her to play.
The Life of Oharu. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society, Kenji Mizoguchi had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952.
One of Mizoguchi's most devastating achievements, The Life of Oharu stars Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a feudal lord who struggles to escape the stigma of having been forced into prostitution by her father.
8 Mei 2012 · Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu), the first of Mizoguchi’s final nine films, is central to his reputation as a feminist. Poverty-stricken as a child, he was witness to his elder sister being sold into the life of a geisha.
