Directed by:
Kenji MizoguchiComposer:
Ichirô SaitôCast:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirō Mifune, Reiko Mori, Chieko Higashiyama, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō, Tsukie Matsuura, 進藤英太郎, 菅井一郎, Sadako SawamuraVOD (1)
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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)
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![Kinuyo Tanaka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271623_771b58.jpg)
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Red Beard (1965)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Ballad of Narayama (1958)
![Toshirō Mifune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268053_2ff826.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
![Reiko Mori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274857_d355d0.jpg)
Reiko Mori
Japan
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Drunken Angel (1948)
![Chieko Higashiyama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272540_e8cc86.jpg)
Chieko Higashiyama
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Saikaku: Life of a Woman (1952)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
![Daisuke Katō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886513_8bb3e1.jpg)
Daisuke Katō
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Yojimbo (1961)
Tsukie Matsuura
Korea
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Saikaku: Life of a Woman (1952)
進藤英太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Revenge (1964)
Legend of Bailiff Sansho (1954)
Drunken Angel (1948)
![菅井一郎](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/434/161434547_a1a776.jpg)
菅井一郎
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Legend of Bailiff Sansho (1954)
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Sadako Sawamura
Japan
Best movies:
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Late Autumn (1960)
Good Morning (1959)