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Saikaku ichidai onna : Life of Oharu /

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In 17th-century Japan, a samurai's daughter, Oharu, falls in love with a pretty 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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Shintoho Production, Janus Films, Home Vision (Firm)
Other Authors: Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimizu, Masao, 1921-2008, Ihara, Saikaku, 1642-1693
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with new electronic English subtitles.
Published: [New York] : [Chicago] : Janus ; Home Vision, [1992?]
Series:Japanese classic collection.
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Samurai films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:In 17th-century Japan, a samurai's daughter, Oharu, falls in love with a pretty 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.
Item Description:Based on the novel: Kōshoku ichidai onna / by Saikaku Ihara.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.
A foreign film (Japan).
Digitally remastered.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (137 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Associate producer, Hideo Koi ; cinematography, Yoshimi Hirano ; music, Ichiro Saito.
ISBN:0780019016