Foghorn (film)

Foghorn (霧笛, Muteki^[1]) is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi.^[2][3] It stars Shirley Yamaguchi and Toshirō Mifune. It was produced by Toho Studios. The film, based on a novel by Jirō Osaragi,^[4] which was previously filmed in 1934 by Minoru Murata,^[5] is about a Japanese woman, the lover of an American, who falls in love with her servant.

Cast

• Shirley Yamaguchi as Chiyo (Hana)
• Toshirô Mifune as Chiyokichi
• Bob Booth as Takashi Shimura
• Fuyuki Murakami
• Noriko Sengoku

References

1. Kinnia, Yau Shuk-ting (11 September 2009). Japanese and Hong Kong Film Industries: Understanding the Origins of East Asian Film Networks. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-135-21947-5.
2. "霧笛". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "霧笛". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. Galbraith IV, Stuart (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
5. Joseph L. Anderson and Donald Richie. The Japanese Film: Art and Industry. New York: Grove Press, 1960, 260.

External links

• Foghorn at IMDb