Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)

唐人お吉

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.

Date of release
1930-07-01
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
4m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi

Casting

Interesting facts

Tōjin Okichi, 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. Only a fragment of the film has known to have survived.

Background

Tazuko Sakane, 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.

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