›

Popular Movies

›

The Life of Oharu (1952)

2h 16m

Running Time

The Life of Oharu (1952)

Name: The Life of Oharu
Genre: Drama
Released: 1952-04-17

2h 16m

Running Time

April 17, 1952
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Network & Production Companies

Plot.

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Where to Watch.

Free

Subs

Currently The Life of Oharu is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Plex, Plex Channel, Criterion Channel

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 17, 1952

Original Name
西鶴一代女

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 16m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-03-08

This Movie Is About.

despair

courtesan

concubine

memory

prostitution

feudal lord

feudal japan

17th century

life story

Wiki.

The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女, Saikaku ichidai onna, lit. "Saikaku: Life of a woman") is a 1952 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda is based on various stories from Saikaku Ihara's 1686 work The Life of an Amorous Woman. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a daimyō (and mother of a later daimyō) who struggles to escape the stigma of having been forced into prostitution by her father.