1952 Drama
2h 13min
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Once a lady-in-waiting at the imperial court at Kyoto, Oharu fell in love with, and became the lover of, a man below her station. They were discovered, and Oharu and her family were exiled. For Oharu there followed a life filled with one sorrow and humiliation after another.
| Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Written by | Kenji Mizoguchi, Saikaku Ihara |
| Original title | Saikaku ichidai onna |
| Original lang. | Japanese |
| Country | Japan |