Film

Ri Kôran

2007 · 3h · Drama

IMDb

7.6

Tells the story of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese woman born and raised in China during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. She debuts as the Chinese singer and actress Li Xianglan (Ri Kouran in Japanese), in the hopes that her efforts will work towards the benefit of both Japan and China. Hiding her true nationality, however, she slowly discovers herself becoming a puppet of the Japanese military's propaganda efforts in Manchuria, starring in "national policy" films that humiliate the Chinese people. But billed as the "star of Greater East Asia," her popularity soars across borders to Japan, where she holds a concert that draws thousands to the Nihon Gekijou Theatre and leads to a riot that injures several people. Based on her autobiography, this is the story of her personal struggle amidst military strife between her two homelands.

Aya Ueto

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Isao Hashizume

Yamaguchi Fumio

Yūko Natori

Yamaguchi Ai

Rei Kikukawa

Yoshiko Kawashima

Shido Nakamura

Amakasu Masahiko

Ikki Sawamura

Kawakita Nagamasa

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Kodama Hidemi

Takehiko Ono

Yamaga Toru

• Tonkô HorikawaDirector

Release date

February 11, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

3h

Genres

Drama