Regie:
Kenji MizoguchiMuziek:
Ichirô SaitôActeurs:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirō Mifune, Reiko Mori, Chieko Higashiyama, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō, Tsukie Matsuura, 進藤英太郎, 菅井一郎, Sadako SawamuraSamenvattingen(1)
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 had already been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952. But this epic portrait of an inexorable fall from grace, starring the incredibly talented Kinuyo Tanaka as an imperial lady-in-waiting who gradually descends to street prostitution, was the movie that gained its Director international attention, ushering in a new golden period for him. (Criterion)
(meer)Acteurs
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan
Beste films:
Akahige (1965)
Higanbana (1958)
Narajama bušikó (1958)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
Reiko Mori
Japan
Beste films:
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Ikimono no kiroku (1955)
Joidore tenši (1948)
Chieko Higashiyama
Japan
Beste films:
Early Summer (1951)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Saikaku ičidai onna (1952)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Daisuke Katō
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Jódžinbó (1961)
Tsukie Matsuura
Korea
Beste films:
Bušidó zankoku monogatari (1963)
Saikaku ičidai onna (1952)
進藤英太郎
Japan
Beste films:
Adauči (1964)
Sanšó dajú (1954)
Joidore tenši (1948)
菅井一郎
Japan
Beste films:
Early Summer (1951)
Sanšó dajú (1954)
Čikamacu monogatari (1954)
Sadako Sawamura
Japan
Beste films:
Kiga kaikjó (1965)
Akibiyori (1960)
Ohayō (1959)