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.

Starring:

Akira Ôizumi, Chieko Higashiyama, Daisuke Katô, Eijirô Yanagi, Eitarô Shindô, Haruyo Ichikawa, Hisako Yamane, Ichirô Sugai, Jûkichi Uno, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kiyoko Tsuji, Masao Mishima, Masao Shimizu, Noriko Sengoku, Sadako Sawamura, Takashi Shimura, Toranosuke Ogawa, Toshiaki Konoe, Toshirô Mifune, Tsukie Matsuura, Yu

Genre:

Drama