Tōjin Okichi (1930 film) explained

Director:Kenji Mizoguchi
Studio:Nikkatsu
Distributor:Nikkatsu
Released:[1] [2]
Runtime:3,152 meters
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

Tōjin Okichi (ja|唐人お吉), 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.

Cast

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 唐人お吉 . Japanese Movie Database . ja . 10 October 2022.
  2. Web site: 唐人お吉(1930・溝口健二) . Kinenote . ja . 10 October 2022.
  3. Book: French, Lisa . The Female Gaze in Documentary Film: An International Perspective . Springer International Publishing . 2021 . 40 . 9783030680930.
  4. Web site: 唐人お吉 黒船情話 . Kinenote . ja . 10 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Downfall of Osen (The) AKA Orizuru Osen . Rewind DVDCompare . 10 October 2022.