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Tōjin Okichi
唐人お吉
Tōjin Okichi; 唐人お吉;
	Yōko Umemura
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by	Shuichi Hatamoto (screenplay); Gisaburō Jūichiya (novel);
Starring	Kaichi Yamamoto; Yōko Umemura; Kōji Shima; Takihika Hisako;
Cinematography	Tatsuyuki Yokota; Saburo Isayama;
Production; company	Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	1 July 1930 (Japan);
Running time	3,152 meters
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

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.