Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Life Of Oharu (1947)

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) She Looks Promising

Already into an extended and uncharacteristic comic sequence from director Kenji Mizoguchi, minions of a nobleman describe then search for a particular girl to suit the taste of their master, not yet finding leading lady Kinuyo Tanaka, in Life Of Oharu,1952.

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Karmic Retribution

Finishing director Kenji Mikzoguchi's understated opening, introducing his title character, Kinuyo Tanaka, playing a 17th century Japanese courtesan, in the first of three famous films they made together, Life Of Oharu,1952.

Life Of Oharu (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not A Prostitute!

In flashback, Kinuyo Tanaka, the title character, during her time as a courtesan to the Japanese imperial court, gets busted with her lower class lover Inosuke (Toshiro Mifune), then with her parents (Tsuke Matsuura, Ichiro Sugai) being banished, in Kenji Mizoguchi's Life Of Oharu,1952.