Orizuru Osen / gensaku, Izumi Kyōka ; kyakushoku, Takashima Tatsunosuke ; kantoku, Mizoguchi Kenji.

折鶴お千 原作, 泉鏡花 ; 脚色, 高島達之助 ; 監督, 溝口健二.

A story of an illfated romantic affair between Sokichi, an ambitious young man who comes to Tokyo from the countryside to become a doctor, and a beautiful young woman, Osen, who saves Sokichi from a suicide attempt. She tries to make money by prostitution for his ambition.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Talking silents ; 2.
Corporate Authors: Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha = 日活株式会社
Digital Meme (Firm)
Other Authors: Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 = 溝口健二(Director)
Izumi, Kyōka, 1873-1939 = 泉鏡花
Sawato, Midori = 澤登翠(Narrator)
Natsukawa, Daijirō, 1913-1987 = 夏川大二郎(Actor)
Yamada, Isuzu, 1917-2012 = 山田五十鈴(Actor)
Yoshizawa, Ichirō = 芳沢一郎(Actor)
Takashima, Tatsunosuke = 高島達之助
Language:Japanese
English
Chinese
Korean
Language and/or Writing System:
In Japanese, with optional Chinese, Japanese, English and Korean subtitles.
Published: Tokyo : Digital Meme, [2007], ©2007.
Series:Talking silents ; 2.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Japan > Tokyo > Drama.
Young women > Japan > Tokyo > Drama.
Young men > Japan > Tokyo > Drama.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Downfall of Osen.
Orizuru Osen ; Tōjin Okichi. = 折鶴お千 ; 唐人お吉
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A story of an illfated romantic affair between Sokichi, an ambitious young man who comes to Tokyo from the countryside to become a doctor, and a beautiful young woman, Osen, who saves Sokichi from a suicide attempt. She tries to make money by prostitution for his ambition.
Note:Based on the novel Baishoku kamonanban by Izumi Kyōka.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
Special features: Commentary by film critic Tadao Sato, introduction of the film's highlights and insights by benshi Midori Sawato. Also includes trailer for Mizoguchi's lost 1930 film Tojin Okichi.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1997 .O75 2007 VideoDVD
ISBN:9784903759074
4903759075
System Details:DVD; NTSC, all regions, 4:3 aspect ratio, MPEG2.
Participant or Performer:
880-04 Narrator, Sawato Midori.
Cast:
880-03 Natsukawa Daijirō, Yamada Isuzu, Yoshizawa Ichirō.