The Life of Oharu

(1952)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 205 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1952

Runtime: 148 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Кэндзи Мидзогути

Cast: Кинуё Танака, 松浦築枝, Итиро Сугай, 山根寿子, Тосиро Мифунэ, 宇野重吉, 進藤英太郎, 大泉滉, 清水将夫, Дайскэ Като

Plot

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

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.