{"product_id":"0715515107310","title":"The Life of Oharu [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]","description":"Life of Oharu features Kinuyo Tanaka in the title role. Oharu is a middle-aged prostitute in 17th century Japan. As she prays before a statue of Buddha, Oharu reviews her past. Her road to degradation began when, as a teenager, she disgraced her family by falling in love with a samurai (Toshiro Mifune). Oharu became the mistress of a prince, who cast her off after she bore his son. She was then sold into prostitution by her father, and thus began a catch-as-catch-can existence alternating between brief happiness with those she genuinely loved and servitude to those she despised. A potential happy ending, reuniting her with her royal son, is dashed by the much-maligned Oharu herself, who opts for the life of a beggar. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, a lifelong advocate of equitable treatment for Japanese women, Life of Oharu was adapted from a novel by Saikaku Ibara.","brand":"SONY PICTURES HOME ENT\/IMAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47089707417840,"sku":"0715515107310","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0715515107310_p0.jpg?v=1763839805","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0715515107310","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}