The Life of Oharu
Theatrical poster to The Life of Oharu
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi[1]
Produced by	Hideo Koi Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by	Kenji Mizoguchi Yoshikata Yoda
Music by	Ichirō Saitō
Cinematography	Yoshimi Hirano Yoshimi Kono
Editing by	Toshio Gotō
Distributed by	Shintōhō
Released	April 3, 1952
Running time	148 min.
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The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女, Saikaku Ichidai Onna) is a 1952 historical fiction film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and based on the writings of Ihara Saikaku.

CastEdit

• Kinuyo Tanaka ... Oharu
• Tsukie Matsūra ... Tomo (Oharu's mother)
• Ichirō Sugai ... Shinzaemon (Oharu's father)
• Toshirō Mifune ... Katsunosuke
• Toshiaki Konoe ... Lord Harutaka Matsudaira
• Hisako Yamane ... Lady Matsudaira
• Jūkichi Uno ... Yakichi Ogiya
• Kiyoko Tsuji ... Landlady
• Eitarō Shindō ... Kahe Sasaya
• Akira Ōizumi ... Fumikichi (Sasaya's friend)
• Kyōko Kusajima ... Sodegaki
• Masao Shimizu ... Kikuoji
• Daisuke Katō ... Tasaburo Hishiya
• Toranosuke Ogawa ... Yoshioka
• Hiroshi Oizumi ... Bunkichi
• Haruyo Ichikawa ... Iwabashi (Lady-in-waiting )
• Yuriko Hamada ... Otsubone Yoshioka
• Noriko Sengoku ... Sakurai (Lady-in-waiting)
• Sadako Sawamura ... Owasa
• Masao Mishima ... Taisaburo Hishiya
• Eijirō Yanagi ... forger
• Chieko Higashiyama ... Myokai (old nun)
• Takashi Shimura ... old man
• Benkei Shiganoya ... Jihei

BibliographyEdit

• "The Life of Oharu (1952)" at the Internet Movie Database
• "西鶴一代女" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-09-06.

External linksEdit

• Downloadable film

NotesEdit

1. ↑ "西鶴一代女" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-09-06.