Overview
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.
Top Cast

Yōko Umemura
Okichi
Reiji Ichiki
Heusken

Kunio Tamura
Matsu

Kōju Murata
Akemi Isshiki
Okiku (Okichi's maid)
Gunnosuke Kanehira
Interpreter

Kōji Shima
Tsurumatsu

Ichirō Sugai
Denkichi

Yutaka Mimasu
Shinjiro Isa
Shiko Saito
Abe Ise-no-kami
Toshimi Ôhara
Jun'nojô Saitô

Kaichi Yamamoto
Harris
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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