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DESCRIPTION:From the Japan Society <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/eve
 nt/the-life-of-oharu">website</a>:&nbsp\;\n\n<strong>Introduction by Joel 
 Neville Anderson\, filmmaker/scholar\, PhD student\, Visual and Cultural S
 tudies\, University of Rochester&nbsp\;</strong>\n<strong>Donald Richie on
 <em>&nbsp\;The Life of Oharu</em>:</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n"Based on 
 a light and picaresque novel by the 17th-century writer Saikaku\, the film
  takes a more serious view of the decline and fall of the heroine--from co
 urt lady to common whore. Yoshikata Yoda's script\, Tanaka's performance a
 s Oharu\, Hiroshi Mizutani's art direction and Ichiro Saito's score&mdash\
 ;using Japanese instruments&mdash\;help make this one of Mizoguchi's most 
 elegantly beautiful films."&nbsp\;\n\nRichie introduced Kenji Mizoguchi th
 rough a retrospective at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1961. S
 et in feudal Japan\,<em>The Life of Oharu</em>&nbsp\;is Mizoguchi's harsh 
 indictment of exploitative men and a system that victimizes women. Tanaka 
 demonstrates extraordinary tour-de-force acting in her role as a woman at 
 various stages of her life who is continuously affected by men around her.
  A testimony to the supreme craftsmanship of Japanese filmmaking\, the fil
 m is based on Saikaku Ihara's novel&nbsp\;<em>Koshoku Ichidai Onna</em>.&n
 bsp\;\n\n<em>1952\, 136 min.\, 35mm\, B&amp\;W\, in Japanese with English 
 subtitles. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Kinuyo Tanaka\, Hisako Yamane
 \, Toshiro Mifune\, Yuriko Hamada\, Jukichi Uno\, Ichiro Sugai.&nbsp\;</em
 >\n<em></em>\n<a href="http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/a-tr
 ibute-to-donald-richie">Part of&nbsp\;<em>Richie's Fantastic Five: A Tribu
 te to Donald Richie (1924-2013)\, Part 1</em></a>\n<strong>\nTICKETS</stro
 ng>\n$12/$9 Japan Society members\, seniors and students\n\n<a href="https
 ://tickets.japansociety.org/public/loader.asp?target=show.asp?shcode=127">
 Buy tickets online</a>&nbsp\;or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212)
  715-1258\, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm\, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.&nbsp\;\n\nIf
  you are interested in purchasing group tickets for the event (10 or more)
 \, please email&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:f2@japansociety.org">f2@japansociety
 .org</a>&nbsp\;for information on our discounted rate.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:The Life of Oharu Film Screening
URL:/en/events/2013/11/16/the-life-of-oharu-film-screening/
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