Kenji MIZOGUCHI 溝口健二

Lady Oyu

お遊さま

Nippon Retro   ² 

Shinnosuke is presented with Shizu as a prospective bride, but instead falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu, who is barred from remarrying. Shizu, who cares more for her sister’s wellbeing than her own, urges Shinnosuke to go through with the wedding so that he and Oyu have a way to be close to each other. Kinuyo TANAKA stars as the eponymous Oyu in this love triangle of suppressed emotions from Kenji MIZOGUCHI.

お遊さま
Oyusama

Japan 1951

95 minutes

Director
Kenji MIZOGUCHI

Script
Yoshikata YODA based on a novel by Junichiro TANIZAKI

Cinematography
Kazuo MIYAGAWA

Music
Fumio HAYASAKA

Production
Daiei

World sales
KADOKAWA

Film print
Japan Foundation

Cast
Kinuyo TANAKA, Nobuko OTOWA, Yuji HORI

About Kenji MIZOGUCHI
溝口健二

1898 – 1956