The Life of Oharu

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<i>Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu)</i>. 1952. Japan. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
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  • The Life of Oharu

    1952. Japan. Kenji Mizoguchi. 136 min.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
Theater 3 (The Celeste Bartos Theater), mezzanine, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building

  • The Life of Oharu

    1952. Japan. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Hisako Yamane, Yuriko Hamada. This spectacularly beautiful film enabled Mizoguchi to break through to Western audiences after a 30-year career. Oharu is probably the director’s most poignant expression of one of his essential themes: sympathy for the status of women. In Japanese; English subtitles. 136 min.

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