Tōjin Okichi (1930 film)

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  • Tōjin Okichi
  • 唐人お吉
Kōji Shima
  • Takihika Hisako
    • Cinematography
    • Tatsuyuki Yokota
    • Saburo Isayama
    Production
    company
    Distributed byNikkatsu
    Release date
    • 1 July 1930 (1930-07-01) (Japan)
    [1][2]
    Running time
    		3,152 meters[1]
    CountryJapan
    LanguageJapanese

    Tōjin Okichi (Japanese: 唐人お吉), a.k.a. Okichi, Mistress of a Foreigner or Mistress of a Foreigner, is a 1930 silent drama film by Kenji Mizoguchi, based on the novel by Gisaburō Jūichiya.[1][2] Only a fragment of the film has survived.

    Cast

    • Kaichi Yamamoto
    • Yōko Umemura
    • Kōji Shima
    • Takihika Hisako

    Background

    Tazuko Sakane, who later became the first Japanese woman director, served as script assistant and assistant director on the film.[3]

    Jūichiya's novel was again adapted for film in 1937 under the title Tōjin Okichi Kurofune jōwa.[4]

    Home media

    A 4-minute-long sequence has been published on DVD as complement to Mizoguchi's Orizuru Osen by Digital MEME in 2007.[5]

    References

    1. ^ a b c "唐人お吉". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
    2. ^ a b "唐人お吉(1930・溝口健二)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
    3. ISBN 9783030680930
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    4. ^ "唐人お吉　黒船情話". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
    5. ^ "Downfall of Osen (The) AKA Orizuru Osen". Rewind DVDCompare. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

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