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Apr 17, 1952
136 min
Full-HD

The Life of Oharu (1952)

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

Kinuyo Tanaka

Oharu

Tsukie Matsuura

Tomo

Ichirō Sugai

Shinzaemon

Hisako Yamane

Lady Matsudaira

Toshirō Mifune

Katsunosuke

Jūkichi Uno

Yakichi Ogiya

Eitarō Shindō

Kahe Sasaya

Akira Ōizumi

Fumikichi

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The Life of Oharu (1952)

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tsukie Matsuura

Ichirō Sugai

Hisako Yamane

Toshirō Mifune

Jūkichi Uno

Eitarō Shindō

Akira Ōizumi