Release Date

30 Nov, 1939

Runtime

01:42: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

白蘭の歌

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Actors

山口淑子

長谷川一夫

霧立のぼる

山根寿子

丸山定夫

小杉義男

悦ちゃん

江藤勇

藤田進

藤輪欣司

原文雄

加藤欣子

清川虹子

小島洋々

倉橋宏明

高堂国典

御橋公

中村英雄

中村健峰

斎藤英雄

榊田敬二

Crew

北猛夫

友成達雄

岩下広一

森田信義

岸田九一郎

服部正

渡辺邦男

木村千疋男

久米正雄