The Buddhist priest wants the Daughter of the Daimyo to become a priestess at the Forbidden Garden. The Daimyo thinks if he were in Europe that his daughter should decide on her own, but he...
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Title: Harakiri (1919)
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Paul Biensfeldt | ... | Daimyo Tokuyawa |
| Lil Dagover | ... | O-Take-San | |
| Georg John | ... | Buddhist Monk | |
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Meinhart Maur | ... | Prince Matahari |
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Rudolf Lettinger | ... | Karan |
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Erner Huebsch | ... | Kin-Be-Araki |
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Käte Küster | ... | Hanake (as Kaete Juster) |
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Niels Prien | ... | Olaf J. Anderson |
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Herta Heden | ... | Eva |
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Loni Nest | ... | Child |
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The Buddhist priest wants the Daughter of the Daimyo to become a priestess at the Forbidden Garden. The Daimyo thinks if he were in Europe that his daughter should decide on her own, but he is denunciated and has to commit harakiri. She meets Olaf, a European officer, falls in love and marries him, but after a few months he has to return to Europe. She gives birth to a child and is waiting for him, while he marries in Europe. When he comes back to Japan 4 years later, he is accompanied by his European wife... Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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The film was originally released in the United States and other countries as Madame Butterfly because of the source material on which it is based and which also inspired Giacomo Puccini's eponymous 1904 opera. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Country:
GermanyLanguage:
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6 December 1920 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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The story is a moving one and Lang directs it well. Girl meets foreign boy, they have a child and he promises to be back. Things don't end well. All that said, it's worth checking out for fans of Lang, fans of Madame Butterfly, or perhaps those interested in Japanese cultural artifacts. Lang's attention to detail and willingness to sweat the small stuff is beneficial as regards his movie making.