The life of Oharu
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
DVD special ed.
Languages
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Performers
Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune, Masao Shimizu, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichiro Sugai.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
An imperial lady-in-waiting gradually descends to street prostitution.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on a novel by Saikaku Ihara.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Special features: audio commentary for the opening of the movie by Dudley Andrew ; Mizoguchi's art and the Demimonde, an illustrated audio essay featuring Andrew ; The travels of Kinuyo Tanaka, a 2009 film by Koko Kajiyama documenting the actor's 1949 goodwill tour of the United States.