| Description |
1 videodisc (136 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 664 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 664.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; PCM mono. |
| Cast |
Kinuyo Tanaka, Hisako Yamane, Toshiro Mifune, Jukichi Uno, Ichiro Sugai, Eitaro Shindo, Akira Ooizumi, Masao Shimizu, Daisuke Kato, Toranosuke Ogawa, Eijiro Yanagi, Yuriko Hamada, Haruyo Ichikawa, Komako Hara, Kikue Mouri, Sadako Sawamura, Toshiaki Konoe, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Benkei Shiganoya, Unpei Yokoyama, Tsukie Matsuura. |
| Credits |
Story editor, Isamu Yoshii ; cinematography by Yoshimi Hirano ; musical director, Ichiro Saito ; production design, Hiroshi Mizutani. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. |
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Based on a novel by Saikaku Ihara. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
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 (Ugetsu) 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Dudley Andrew on The life of Oharu: Mizoguchi's art and the Demimonde (an illustrated audio essay featuring Andrew), Commentary by Dudley Andrew; The travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (a 2009 film by Koko Kajiyama documenting Tanaka's 1949 goodwill tour of the United States). Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Gilberto Perez. |
| Language |
In Japanese; with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Women -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Koi, Hideo, film producer.
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井英生, film producer.
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Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, screenwriter, film director.
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構口健二, 1898-1956, screenwriter, film director.
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Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991, screenwriter.
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依田义贤, 1909-1991, screenwriter.
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Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor.
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田中娟代, 1909-1977, actor.
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Yamane, Hisako, 1921-1990, actor.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
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三船敏郎, 1920-1997, actor.
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Uno, Jūkichi, 1914-1988, actor.
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宇野重吉, 1914-1988, actor.
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Sugai, Ichiro, actor.
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菅井一郎, actor.
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Shindo, Eitaro, actor.
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新藤英太郎, actor.
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Shimizu, Masao, 1908-1975, actor.
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清水将夫, 1908-1975, actor.
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975, actor.
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加東大介, 1911-1975, actor.
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Yanagi, Eijirō, 1895-1984, actor.
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柳永二郎, 1895-1984, actor.
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Ichikawa, Haruyo, actor.
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市川春代, actor.
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Sawamura, Sadako, 1908-1996, actor.
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沢村貞子, 1908-1996, actor.
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Shiganoya, Benkei, actor.
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Yoshii, Isamu, 1886-1960, screenwriter.
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吉井勇, 1886-1960, screenwriter.
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Hirano, Yoshimi, director of photography.
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Saitô, Ichirô, 1909-1979, musical director.
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Mizutani, Hiroshi, 1906-1971, production designer.
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水谷浩, 1906-1971, production designer.
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Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693.
Kōshoku ichidaionna.
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Andrew, Dudley, 1945- commentator.
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Kajiyama, Koko, filmmaker.
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Perez, Gilberto, 1943- writer of added text.
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Janus Films.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Shintoho Film Distribution.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604657395 |
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1604657391 |
| Standard No. |
715515107419 |
| Music No. |
CC2276D The Criterion Collection |
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