Miss Oyu
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
Miss Oyu (1951)
Kenji Mizoguchi
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
7.2/10
59 votes
Rating consensus
72/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~72/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oyû Kayukawa
Nobuko Otowa
Shizu
Yūji Hori
Shinnosuke Seribashi
Kiyoko Hirai
Osumi
Reiko Kongō
Otsugi Kayukawa
Eijirō Yanagi
Eitaro
Eitarō Shindō
Kusaemon
Kanae Kobayashi
Nanny
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Book-keeper
Jun Fujikawa
Book-keeper
Sōji Shibata
Book-keeper
Inosuke Kuhara
Boy
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Miss Oyu (1951)
Kenji Mizoguchi
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