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    The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女, Saikaku ichidai onna, lit. "Saikaku: Life of a woman") is a 1952 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi....
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    Kenji Mizoguchi (category Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class)
    works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three...
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  • Oharu may refer to: Ōharu, Aichi, a place in Japan The Life of Oharu, a film This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oharu. If...
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    Kinuyo Tanaka (category Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class)
    Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman...
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    (1941), The Life of Oharu (1952), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), In the Mood for Love (2000), Ivan's Childhood (1962), Salvatore Giuliano (1962), The Spirit...
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    David Denby (category The New Yorker critics)
    Godfather Part II, Journey to Italy, The Life of Oharu, The Rules of the Game, Seven Samurai, Sunrise, The Tree of Life, and Vertigo. In December 2014, it...
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  • collection of stories by Ihara, translated and edited by Ivan Ira Esme Morris. Kenji Mizoguchi adapted the novella for his 1952 film The Life of Oharu. Katō...
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  • Life and Nothing More (2017) The Life of Oharu (1952) Life of Pi (2012) Life of Riley (2014) The Life of Riley: (1927 & 1949) Life Show (2002) Life or...
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    after The Life of Oharu (International Award, 1952) and Ugetsu (Silver Lion, 1953). In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound polls, Sansho the Bailiff...
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  • Shōhei Imamura (category Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners)
    despite misfortunes. Imamura disliked the self-sacrificing women portrayed in films like Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu and Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds...
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    Takashi Shimura (category Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class)
    (1952) as Jinzaemon Kawai The Skin of the South (1952) Muteki (1952) The Life of Oharu (1952) as Old Man Sengoku burai (1952) Bijo to touzoku (1952) as Yoshimichi...
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    Mitsuoka as Soldier Koji Murata Fumihiko Yokoyama After the success of his previous film The Life of Oharu (1952), Mizoguchi was offered to make a film by his...
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  • Justice (2002) Quill (2004) Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen (2004) Ugetsu (1953) Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) Unlock Your Heart (2021) Umizaru...
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    Mesu inu (1951) - Matoba Vendetta for a Samurai (1952) - Rokusuke The Life of Oharu (1952) - Tasaburo Hishiya Zoku Shurajō hibun - Hiun no maki (1952)...
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    Jagatara-bumi (category Foreign relations of the Tokugawa shogunate)
    survives, a genre known as Jagatara-bumi. Oharu (お春) (Jeronima) was the daughter of Niccolò Marino, Italian captain of a Portuguese vessel, and Maria, a Japanese...
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    Scandal (1950) as Judge Story of a Beloved Wife (1951) The Life of Oharu (1952) Children of Hiroshima (1952) The Life of Oharu (1952) as kikuoji Ikiru (1952)...
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  • (1954) and Throne of Blood (1957); Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu (1952), Sansho the Bailiff (1954) and Ugetsu (1954); Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959)...
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    Ihara Saikaku (category Japanese writers of the Edo period)
    The Life of an Amorous Woman (好色一代女, Kōshoku Ichidai Onna, 1686) (made into the 1952 movie The Life of Oharu by Kenji Mizoguchi) The Great Mirror of Male...
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    (1951) The Life of Oharu (1952) Epitome (1953) Late Chrysanthemums (1954) So Young, So Bright (1955) Street of Shame (1956) Late Autumn (1960) The Wandering...
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    Chieko Higashiyama (category Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon)
    was voted the best film of all time in a poll of film directors by Sight and Sound magazine. Medal with Purple Ribbon (1956) Order of the Precious Crown...
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    Story, The Life of Oharu, etc.), photos shot on set, movie cameras and actors and actresses' personal effects (such as Kinuyo Tanaka's). The NFAJ's Tokyo...
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    Akira Kurosawa (category Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples)
    festival prizes and commercial release in the West were Kenji Mizoguchi (The Life of Oharu, Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff) and, somewhat later, Yasujirō Ozu...
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  • to the sheer volume of films included in this genre and in the interest of continuity, this list is primarily focused on films pertaining to the history...
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    Toshiro Mifune (category Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class)
    the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame. He is the subject of the featured-length documentary, Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015), about his life and...
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  • American actor, Dracula, White Zombie, The Black Cat August 23 – Kenji Mizoguchi, 58, Japanese director, The Life of Oharu, A Geisha October 2 – George Bancroft...
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    with a series of masterpieces including The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1954). He won the Silver Bear at the Venice Film...
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  • Bait, starring George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors – (GB) The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan) Lightning...
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    of My Love (1949) Story of a Beloved Wife (1951) Early Summer (1951) Avalanche (1952) The Life of Oharu (1952) Epitome (1953) A Geisha (1953) Life of...
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    most recently, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Kenji Mizoguchi (1898–1956) — Important, influential director of The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu Monogatari...
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  • Gilberto Perez (category Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni)
    Country: Jean Renoir's Sunday Outing The Life of Oharu: Not Reconciled The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium, The Johns Hopkins University Press (November...
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