The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay by	Kenji Mizoguchi; Yoshikata Yoda;
Based on	The Life of an Amorous Woman; by Saikaku Ihara
Produced by	Hideo Koi; Kenji Mizoguchi;
Starring	Kinuyo Tanaka; Toshiro Mifune; Hisako Yamane [ja]; Jūkichi Uno; Ichirō Sugai; Eitarō Shindō; Eijirō Yanagi;
Cinematography	Yoshimi Hirano
Edited by	Toshio Gotō
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Production; companies	Shintoho; Koi Production;
Distributed by	Shintoho
Release date	17 April 1952 (Japan);
Running time	136 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a daimyō (and mother of a later daimyō) who struggles to escape the stigma of having been forced into prostitution by her father.^[2]

^ "西鶴一代女". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "西鶴一代女" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "西鶴一代女". National Film Archive of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[jmdb-1] "西鶴一代女". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 February 2021.

[Kinenote-2] "西鶴一代女" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[3] "西鶴一代女". National Film Archive of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

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