Friday, August 30, 2013

The Life of Oharu (Criterion Collection) (1952)

The Life of OharuI don't usually write reviews, but I saw that this had a rating much lower than it should and on further inspection found that the negative reviews were of the quality of an old imported DVD.

So, to start with: this DVD is being released by the Criterion Collection, who always do an astounding job of presenting films on DVD and Blu-Ray. Please, please, please, do not worry anymore about the quality of the DVD. It will be great.

As for the film itself, it's another heartbreaking but beautiful film by Mizoguchi, and a sort of spiritual sister to his other two masterpieces "Sansho the Bailiff" and "Ugetsu". I don't want to go into a synopsis, so I'll just leave by saying that if you like human dramas presented with a beautiful touch, you'll love this film.

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