Tōjin Okichi (1930 film)

Tōjin Okichi (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. Only a fragment of the film has 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.

Jūichiya's novel was again adapted for film in 1937 under the title Tōjin Okichi Kurofune jōwa.

Home media
A 4-minute-long sequence has been published on DVD as complement to Mizoguchi's Orizuru Osen by Digital MEME in 2007.