Tōjin Okichi (1930 film)
1930 Kenji Mizoguchi film
- Tōjin Okichi
- 唐人お吉
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Yōko Umemura
- Shuichi Hatamoto (screenplay)
- Gisaburō Jūichiya (novel)
- Kaichi Yamamoto
- Yōko Umemura
- Kōji Shima
- Takihika Hisako
- Tatsuyuki Yokota
- Saburo Isayama
Production
company
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Nikkatsu
Release date
- 1 July 1930 (1930-07-01) (Japan)
Running time
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
- ^ a b c "唐人お吉". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ a b "唐人お吉(1930・溝口健二)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ French, Lisa (2021). The Female Gaze in Documentary Film: An International Perspective. Springer International Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9783030680930.
- ^ "唐人お吉 黒船情話". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Downfall of Osen (The) AKA Orizuru Osen". Rewind DVDCompare. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
External links
- Tojin Okichi at IMDb
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Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- The Morning Sun Shines (1929)
- Tokyo March (1929)
- Tōjin Okichi (1930)
- The Water Magician (1933)
- Aizō Tōge (1934)
- Orizuru Osen (1935)
- Osaka Elegy (1936)
- Sisters of the Gion (1936)
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
- The 47 Ronin (1941)
- Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
- The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947)
- Women of the Night (1948)
- Flame of My Love (1949)
- Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
- Miss Oyu (1951)
- The Lady of Musashino (1951)
- The Life of Oharu (1952)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- A Geisha (1953)
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
- The Crucified Lovers (1954)
- Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955)
- Tales of the Taira Clan (1955)
- Street of Shame (1956)
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