Miss Oyu
1951 1h 34m movie Film Japan

Miss Oyu

お遊さま

Synopsis

お遊さま

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.

The 1950–1952 Japan Window

13 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Miss Oyu sits at position #4.

  1. Ikiru
    #1

    Ikiru

    ★ 8.3 · 1952

  2. Rashomon
    #2

    Rashomon

    ★ 8.1 · 1950

  3. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
    #3

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    ★ 7.5 · 1952

  4. Miss Oyu

    #4

    Miss Oyu

    ★ 7.2 · 1951

  5. Children of Hiroshima
    #5

    Children of Hiroshima

    ★ 7.1 · 1952

  6. Lightning
    #6

    Lightning

    ★ 7.1 · 1952

  7. The Idiot
    #7

    The Idiot

    ★ 7.0 · 1951

  8. Portrait of Madame Yuki
    #8

    Portrait of Madame Yuki

    ★ 6.9 · 1950

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Miss Oyu. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 1950s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1950s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Miss Oyu premiered. 76 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
51
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,780 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #774 of 1,933 (top 40%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Daiei Film
Runtime 1h 34m
Release Date June 22, 1951
IMDb tt0043892

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