LIFE OF OHARU (1952) - REMASTERED
Saikaku Ichidai Onna - The first film of director Kenji Mizoguchi's great mid-1950s period, THE LIFE OF OHARU won the International Prize at Venice in 1952, catapulting him onto the international scene after more than 30 years of filmmaking.
The film, set in Japan during the 17th-century Genroku era, is based on a well-known novel by Ihara Saikaku. Starring Kinuyo Tanaka as the title character, the story has been transformed by Mizoguchi into the tragic tale of an aged courtesan recounting her life in a series of extended flashbacks.
The most beautiful woman at the imperial court, Oharu begins an unlawful love affair with lower-class page Katsunosuke. When the couple's transgression is uncovered by the authorities, they quickly exile Oharu and her family and behead the young page.
Oharu's father, angered by the shame his daughter has brought upon the family, sells her to the local warlord to fill the degrading role of concubine and bear him a child. After the child is born, she returns to her father, who then sells her to a geisha
house, as her life continues in an inexorable downward spiral.
The heroine's unrelieved suffering is transformed into a sacred ritual of stoicism by some of the most sublime photography in all of Japanese film. Mizoguchi considered this to be his finest film.
DIRECTED BY: KENJI MIZOGUCHI
STARRING: TANAKA KINUYO, ICHIRO SUGAI
1952 - JAPANESE with ENGLISH SUBTITLES - B&W - FULLSCREEN - 146 MINUTES
The film, set in Japan during the 17th-century Genroku era, is based on a well-known novel by Ihara Saikaku. Starring Kinuyo Tanaka as the title character, the story has been transformed by Mizoguchi into the tragic tale of an aged courtesan recounting her life in a series of extended flashbacks.
The most beautiful woman at the imperial court, Oharu begins an unlawful love affair with lower-class page Katsunosuke. When the couple's transgression is uncovered by the authorities, they quickly exile Oharu and her family and behead the young page.
Oharu's father, angered by the shame his daughter has brought upon the family, sells her to the local warlord to fill the degrading role of concubine and bear him a child. After the child is born, she returns to her father, who then sells her to a geisha
house, as her life continues in an inexorable downward spiral.
The heroine's unrelieved suffering is transformed into a sacred ritual of stoicism by some of the most sublime photography in all of Japanese film. Mizoguchi considered this to be his finest film.
DIRECTED BY: KENJI MIZOGUCHI
STARRING: TANAKA KINUYO, ICHIRO SUGAI
1952 - JAPANESE with ENGLISH SUBTITLES - B&W - FULLSCREEN - 146 MINUTES
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