A Tokyo Siren

A Tokyo Siren
Movie poster
Directed byNorman Dawn
Written byGwendolyn Logan
Doris Schroeder
Starring
CinematographyThomas Rae
Production
company
Release date
  • June 1920 (1920-06)
CountryUnited States

A Tokyo Siren (also known as A Tokio Siren) is a 1920[1] American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Tsuru Aoki,[2] Jack Livingston, Goro Kino, Toyo Fujita and Arthur Jasmine. The film was based on Gwendolyn Logan's story "Cayonara."[3]

The final scenes of the film were shot on location on Catalina Island.[4]

Plot

A young American doctor is in Tokyo trying to heal his heartbreak after being jilted by his lover. Just as he is about to return to his home country, he decides to help a young Japanese woman escape a bad situation by making her legally his wife. When the doctor arrives in America, his former lover returns, and is sad to find that he is married. Meanwhile, the young woman begins to fall for the doctor's Japanese assistant.[3][5]

Cast

Preservation

Complete prints of A Tokio Siren are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.[6]

References

  1. ^ Rowe, Denise (2004). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-0789018434.
  2. ^ Japanese Studies Around the World. International Research Center for Japanese Studies. 2004. p. 296.
  3. ^ a b "A Tokio Siren". Ness County News. October 1, 1921. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "A Tokio Siren". afi.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "Tsuru Aoki in 'Atokio Siren'". Times Herald. August 6, 1920. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: A Tokio Siren". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 22, 2024.


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