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西鶴一代女 (1952)
136 minNot RatedDrama
TMDb7.7/10196 votes
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Rotten Tomatoes100%
Translated title: The Life of Oharu
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Country: Japan
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu
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Tsukie Matsuura
Tomo
Ichirō Sugai
Shinzaemon
Hisako Yamane
Lady Matsudaira
Toshirō Mifune
Katsunosuke
Jūkichi Uno
Yakichi Ogiya
Eitarō Shindō
Kahe Sasaya
Akira Ōizumi
Fumikichi
Masao Shimizu
Kikuoji
Daisuke Katō
Tasaburo Hishiya
Toranosuke Ogawa
Yoshioka
Eijirō Yanagi
Counterfeiter
Komako Hara
Otsubone Kuzui
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Kikue Mōri
Myokai, the old nun
Keywords
Plot:prostitutebased on novel or bookdespaircourtesanbanishmentconcubinememorytold in flashbackforced prostitutionnoblewomanshameedo periodfeudal lordsold into slaverytragic destinylife storyfallen womansocial scandalsuffering womantragic heroine
Time:17th century
Place:feudal japan
