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Title: The Life of Oharu (1952)
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2 wins & 1 nomination.
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| Kinuyo Tanaka | ... | Oharu | |
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Tsukie Matsuura | ... | Tomo, Oharu's Mother |
| Ichirô Sugai | ... | Shinzaemon, Oharu's Father | |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Katsunosuke | |
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Toshiaki Konoe | ... | Lord Harutaka Matsudaira |
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Kiyoko Tsuji | ... | Landlady |
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Hisako Yamane | ... | Lady Matsudaira |
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Jûkichi Uno | ... | Yakichi Ogiya |
| Eitarô Shindô | ... | Kahe Sasaya | |
| Akira Ôizumi | ... | Fumikichi, Sasaya's Friend | |
| Kyôko Kusajima | ... | Sodegaki | |
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Masao Shimizu | ... | Kikuoji |
| Daisuke Katô | ... | Tasaburo Hishiya | |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | ... | Yoshioka | |
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Hiroshi Oizumi | ... | Manager Bunkichi |
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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. Written by George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
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Katsunosuke: Lady Oharu, a human being - no, woman - can only be happy if she marries for love. Rank and money don't mean happiness.See more »
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It was sickening to witness how Ohara was treated by the noble men of high rank and even by her father. She is a strong and proud woman, but she has a series of misfortunes of things she could not very well control herself. Because of her looks, her pride and her birth she is put, mostly by force, into various agreements that are disgrading and she meets little compassion.
That said, as this is based on a novel by Iharu Saikaku, it has strong tendencies towards being epic in approach. This is not a bad thing, but it takes on being a fairytale almost instead of gaining credibility like say 'Donzoko' by Kurosawa. For emotional impact Mizoguchi is an absolute master however and this tragic tale could not be outdone by any other.