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The Love of a Japanese Woman

1913Kai Hansen

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The wounded Russian Orloff, treated in a Japanese hospital, is watched over with devotion by the volunteer nurse Hanako, who seems charming to him. On Hanako's father's refusal, Lieutenant Orloff kidnaps the little geisha and brings her back to Moscow. Far from her native country, little Hanako no longer seems so pretty to the fickle Orloff who now prefers the beautiful Rayskaya. Unable to overcome her pain, the little geisha prefers to die.

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What is The Love of a Japanese Woman (1913) about?

The wounded Russian Orloff, treated in a Japanese hospital, is watched over with devotion by the volunteer nurse Hanako, who seems charming to him. On Hanako's father's refusal, Lieutenant Orloff kidnaps the little geisha and brings her back to Moscow. Far from her native country, little Hanako no longer seems so pretty to the fickle Orloff who now prefers the beautiful Rayskaya. Unable to…

Who stars in The Love of a Japanese Woman?

The Love of a Japanese Woman stars Hanako (Japanese nurse), Aleksandr Rudnitsky (Orlov, Russian prisoner of war), Yelena Smirnova (Rayskaya, Russian emigrant). The film was directed by Kai Hansen.

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