The Life of Oharu
(DVD)
Contributors
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, screenwriter,
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991, screenwriter.
Koi, Eisei, 1908-1992, producer.
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991, screenwriter.
Koi, Eisei, 1908-1992, producer.
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013], c1952.
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound., black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Status
Rogue River Library Branch
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Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013], c1952.
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
jpn
UPC
715515107419
Notes
General Note
Based on a novel by Saikaku Ihara.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
General Note
Special features: Dudley Andrew on The life of Oharu: Mizoguchi's art and the Demimonde (an illustrated audio essay; 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Story editor, Isamu Yoshii ; cinematography by Yoshimi Hirano ; musical director, Ichiro Saito ; production design, Hiroshi Mizutani.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
In 17th-century Japan, a samurai's daughter, Oharu, falls in love with a servant. Caught together, the man is beheaded and Oharu and her family are exiled. After enduring further misfortunes as a concubine, a courtesan, wife, and prostitute, Oharu becomes a mendicant nun in her old age. 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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; PCM mono.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mizoguchi, K., Yoda, Y., Koi, E., Tanaka, K., Mifune, T., Uno, J., Sugai, I., Shindō, E., Shimizu, M., Katō, D., Ogawa, T., Yanagi, E., Ichikawa, H., Konoe, T., Sawamura, S., Yoshii, I., Mizutani, H., Andrew, D., Hamada, Y., Hara, K., Hirano, Y., Ihara, S., Kajiyama, K., Matsuura, T., Mouri, K., Ooizumi, A., Perez, G., Saitō, I., Shiganoya, B., Takamatsu, K., Yamane, H., & Yokoyama, U. (20131952). The Life of Oharu (DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kenji Mizoguchi et al.. 20131952. The Life of Oharu. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kenji Mizoguchi et al.. The Life of Oharu The Criterion Collection, 20131952.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mizoguchi, Kenji, et al. The Life of Oharu DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 20131952.
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