Thursday, November 23, 2023
The Life of Oharu
- Commentary: Under construction.
Roger Ebert christened this movie as one of his Great Movies. He also called it "the saddest film I have ever seen about the life of a woman."
More later.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Kinuyo Tanaka Oharu Tsukie Matsuura Tomo Ichirō Sugai Shinzaemon Toshirô Mifune Katsunosuke Toshiaki Konoe Lord Harutaka Matsudaira Hisako Yamane Lady Matsudaira Jūkichi Uno Yakichi Ogiya Kiyoko Tsuji Landlady Eitarō Shindō Kahe Sasaya Akira Oizumi Fumikichi Kyoko Kusajima Sodegaki Masao Shimizu Kikuoji
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1952
Directed by by Kenji Mizoguchi.
Labels: Criterion7, feminist, toshirô-mifune
