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Drama · 1952 · 2h 16min

The Life of Oharu.

西鶴一代女

Drama

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

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Koi Productions Shintoho Company

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🇯🇵Japan

Languages

Japanese

Saikaku ichidai onna (The Life of Oharu) 1952 Trailer

🇮🇹ItaliaAug 25, 1952

🇯🇵JapónApr 17, 1952

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Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)

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IMDb

8.0 /10

8k votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

7.7 /10

195 votes

Letterboxd

8.4 /10

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Weighted average

8.0/10

IMDb8.0
TMDB7.7
Lbxd8.4