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The Life of Oharu = Saikaku ichidai onna

Japan, 1952
film

‘The Life of Oharu’ is an adaptation of Saikaku’s classic novel which traces the tragic riches to rags life of a Japanese woman in 17th cent..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Ikiru = To live = Living

Japan, 1952
Similarity: 70%

Ikiru = to live = living = doomed

Japan, 1952
Similarity: 70%

Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna = Utamaro and his five women

Japan, 1946
Similarity: 70%

Yoru no omnatachi = Women of the night

Japan, 1957
Similarity: 70%

Maborosi = Maborosi no hikari

Japan, 1995
Similarity: 69%

Out live = Bichunmoo

Korea, Republic Of, 2000
Similarity: 69%

Woman of the dunes = Suna no onna

Japan, 1964
Similarity: 69%

Akiko: the life of a Japanese girl

Japan, 1970
Similarity: 68%

Sakuran

Japan, 2006
Similarity: 68%

The Hole = Onibaba [Widescreen]

Japan, 1964
Similarity: 68%

Ugetsu Monogatari = Tales of the pale and silvery moon after the rain

Japan, 1953
Similarity: 68%

Grave of the fireflies = Hotaru no Haka

Japan, 1988
Similarity: 68%

An Actor's revenge

Japan, 1963
Similarity: 68%

The Realm of the senses = Ai no corrida [Widescreen] (E)

Japan, 1976
Similarity: 68%

Akahige = Red beard (Cinemascope Print)

Japan, 1965
Similarity: 68%

Memoirs of a rockstar

Similarity: 68%

Scandal = Shuban

Japan, 1950
Similarity: 67%

Violent killer = Violence at noon = Hakuchu no torima

Japan, 1966
Similarity: 67%
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