The life of Oharu = Saikaku ichidai onna

The life of Oharu Saikaku ichidai onna

西鶴一代女 = The life of Oharu /

DVD - 2013

In 17th-century Japan, a samurai's daughter, Oharu, falls in love with a servant. Caught together, the man is beheaded and Oharu and her family are exiled. After enduring further misfortunes as a concubine, a courtesan, wife, and prostitute, Oharu becomes a mendicant nun in her old age. A peerless chronicler of the soul who specialized in supremely emotional, visually exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society throughout its history, Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu) had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952.

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Subjects
Women > Japan > Social conditions > 17th century > Drama.
Prostitutes > Japan > Drama.
Japan > Social conditions > 17th century > Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Historical films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2013]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Shintōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Koi Purodakushon
Corporate Authors
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha (production company), Shintōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Koi Purodakushon
Other Authors
Kenji Mizoguchi, 1898-1956 (screenwriter), Yoshikata Yoda, 1909-1991 (film producer), Eisei Koi, 1908-1992 (actor), Kinuyo Tanaka, 1909-1977 (-), Hisako Yamane, 1921-1990, Toshirō Mifune, 1920-1997, Jūkichi Uno, 1914-1988, Ichiro Sugai, Eitarō Shindō, 1899-1977, Akira Ooizumi, 1925-1998, Masao Shimizu, 1908-1975, Daisuke Katō, 1911-1975, Toranosuke Ogawa, 1897-1967, Eijirō Yanagi, 1895-1984, Yuriko Hamada, Haruyo Ichikawa, Komako Hara, 1910-1968, Kikue Mouri, Toshiaki Konoe, 1911-, Sadako Sawamura, 1908-1996, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Benkei Shiganoya, Unpei Yokoyama, Tsukie Matsuura, 1907-1999, Isamu Yoshii, 1886-1960, Saikaku Ihara, 1642-1693
Edition
DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Based on a novel by Saikaku Ihara.
Special features: Dudley Andrew on The life of Oharu: Mizoguchi's art and the Demimonde (an illustrated audio essay; Commentary by Dudley Andrew; The travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (a 2009 film by Koko Kajiyama documenting Tanaka's 1949 goodwill tour of the United States).
Physical Description
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound., black & white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; PCM mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Story editor, Isamu Yoshii ; cinematography by Yoshimi Hirano ; musical director, Ichiro Saito ; production design, Hiroshi Mizutani.
ISBN
9781604657395
Contents unavailable.

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