The Life of Oharu

Year: 1952

Runtime: 136 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama

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

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