Kenji Mizoguchi's 'The Life of Oharu' an enduring tale of struggle

Criterion Collection is releasing a high-def version of Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi's 1952 drama 'The Life of Oharu,' which centers on a woman's hard life.When director Kenji Mizoguchi died of leukemia in 1956 he was 58 and a leading figure in world cinema, championed by members of the French New Wave, and the recipient of major prizes at the Venice Film Festival three years in a row. Along with Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa, he defined the Japanese movie industry's golden age, but today...