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Tōjin Okichi (1930 film)

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  • Tōjin Okichi
  • 唐人お吉
Yōko Umemura
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
Written by
  • Shuichi Hatamoto (screenplay)
  • Gisaburō Jūichiya (novel)
Starring
Cinematography
  • Tatsuyuki Yokota
  • Saburo Isayama
Production
company
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • 1 July 1930 (1930-07-01) (Japan)
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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 known to have survived.

Cast

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

Background

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ French, Lisa (2021). The Female Gaze in Documentary Film: An International Perspective. Springer International Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9783030680930.
  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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