Song of the White Orchid (1939)
1h 42m
Running Time
November 30, 1939Release Date
Song of the White Orchid (1939)
1h 42m
Running Time
November 30, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing Japan) runs up against an impertinent Yamaguchi (representing the continent); not surprisingly, in the course of the film the woman comes around and realizes the benevolent intentions of the Japanese. In Song of the White Orchid Yamaguchi leaves Hasegawa, who plays an expatriate working for the railway, because of a misunderstanding. She joins a communist guerilla group plotting to blow up the Manchurian railway. Learning of the subterfuge that led to the misunderstanding, she renews her faith in Hasegawa—and by extension Japan—and tries to undermine the plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Kazuo Hasegawa
Kokichi Matsumura

Noboru Kiritachi

Hisako Yamane

Sadao Maruyama

Yoshio Kosugi

Etchan

Isamu Eto

Susumu Fujita

Kinji Fujiwa

Fumio Hara

Tadashi Hattori
Music

Kôichi Iwashita
Editor

Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician

Nobuyoshi Morita
Producer

Tatsuo Tomonari
Cinematography

Takeo Kita
Art Direction

Chiio Kimura
Writer

Kunio Watanabe
Director

Masao Kume
Story

Sanpei Tani

Kokuten Kōdō

Ko Mihashi

Katsumi Tezuka
Details.
Release DateNovember 30, 1939
Original Name白蘭の歌
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
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