Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952. Based on the novel Kōshoku ichidai onna by Saikaku Ihara. Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune, Masao Shimizu, Ichiro Sugai, Daisuke Kato, Jyukichi Uno, Tsukie Matsura, Eitaro Shindo.
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.
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