Tojin Okichi
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Tojin 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.
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
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
The Downfall of Osen
is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The films centers on the theme of the strength of a woman who gives everything to the man she loves; a theme which Mizoguchi explored his whole life. The moving camera technique and bold...
(1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.
External links
- 唐人お吉 at the Japanese Movie DatabaseJapanese Movie DatabaseThe , commonly referred to as JMDB, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database, but lists only those films originally released in Japan. The site was started in 1997, and contains movies from Meiji...