Title: The life of Oharu
Description: A portrait of a woman victimized by the strictures of seventeenth-century feudal Japanese society, from her beginnings as the daughter of a samurai and ending up as a prostitute.
Subjects: Drama, Women, Prostitutes, Social conditions, History, Film adaptations, Social classes
Places: Japan
People: Saikaku Ihara (1642-1693)
Time periods: 17th century