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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.

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