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Mistress of a Foreigner is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kenji Mizoguchi with Kōji Shima
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Tōjin Okichi
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Add to a movie listTojin Okichi (Japanese: 唐人お吉) 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.
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Japon, 1856. Peu de temps après que le commodore Perry a forcé l'ouverture du Japon à l'Occident en 1854, Townsend Harris est nommé consul général américain dans la ville de Shimoda, chargé de négocier un traité de commerce avec le Japon. Dans l'espoir d'attirer les faveurs du consul, les autorités gouvernementales lui offrent les services de la geisha Okichi. Cette dernière implore son amoureux Tsurumatsu de l'aider. Mais le jeune homme est effrayé à l'idée d'agir à l'encontre des samouraïs et du gouvernement et esquive ses appels à l'aide.Actors
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