The Life of Oharu
西鶴一代女
1952 · 2h 16m · 7.7
Drama
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirō Sugai, Hisako Yamane, Toshirō Mifune, Jūkichi Uno, Eitarō Shindō, Akira Ōizumi, Masao Shimizu, Daisuke Katō
prostitute, based on novel or book, despair, courtesan, banishment, concubine, memory, told in flashback, forced prostitution, noblewoman, shame, edo period, feudal lord, feudal japan, 17th century, sold into slavery, tragic destiny, life story, fallen woman, social scandal