Song of the White Orchid

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Age : 94 | Popularity : 7%

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kokichi Matsumura

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Noboru Kiritachi

Age : 55 | Popularity : 3%

Hisako Yamane

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sadao Maruyama

Age : 44 | Popularity : 5%

Yoshio Kosugi

Age : 64 | Popularity : 7%

Etchan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Isamu Eto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Direction	Takeo Kita
Writing	Writer	Chiio Kimura
	Story	Masao Kume
Editing	Editor	Kôichi Iwashita
Directing	Director	Kunio Watanabe
Sound	Music	Tadashi Hattori
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Kuichirô Kishida
Crew	Cinematography	Tatsuo Tomonari
Production	Producer	Nobuyoshi Morita
Department	Role	Name

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