Okichi, Mistress of a Foreigner

Name: Okichi, Mistress of a Foreigner
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1930

Kenji Mizoguchi

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Synopsis

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.

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