''Tōjin Okichi'' ( ja, 唐人お吉), ''Okichi, Mistress of a Foreigner'' or ''Mistress of a Foreigner'', is a 1930
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
by
Kenji Mizoguchi
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include ''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952), ''Uget ...
, based on the novel by Gisaburō Jūichiya.
Only a fragment of the film has survived.
Cast
* Kaichi Yamamoto
* Yōko Umemura
*
Kōji Shima
was a Japanese film director, actor, and screenwriter.
Career
Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He was in the first class of the Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō and joined the Nikkatsu stu ...
* Takihika Hisako
Background
Tazuko Sakane
was a Japanese film director. She was Japan's first female director, followed by Kinuyo Tanaka. Her first feature film ''New Clothing'' (''初姿 Hatsu Sugata,'' 1936) is known to be the first Japanese feature film directed by a female. The ma ...
, who later became the first Japanese woman director, served as script assistant and assistant director on the film.
Jūichiya's novel was again adapted for film in 1937 under the title ''Tōjin Okichi Kurofune jōwa''.
Home media
A 4-minute-long sequence has been published on DVD as complement to Mizoguchi's ''
Orizuru Osen
, also titled ''The Downfall of Osen'', is a 1935 Japanese silent film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Isuzu Yamada. It is based on a short story by Kyōka Izumi.
Plot
While waiting for a delayed train at a train station, Sōkichi Hata, a med ...
'' by Digital MEME in 2007.
References
External links
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1930 films
Films based on Japanese novels
Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Nikkatsu films
Lost Japanese films
Japanese black-and-white films
Japanese silent films
Japanese drama films
1930 drama films
Silent drama films
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