Song of the White Orchid
Song of the White Orchid
1939, Japanese. Directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing Japan) runs up against an impertinent Yamaguchi (representing the continent); not surprisingly, in the course of the film the woman comes around and realizes the benevolent intentions of the Japanese. In Song of the White Orchid Yamaguchi leaves Hasegawa, who plays an expatriate working for the railway, because of a misunderstanding. She joins a communist guerilla group plotting to blow up the Manchurian railway. Learning of the subterfuge that led to the misunderstanding, she renews her faith in Hasegawa—and by extension Japan—and tries to undermine the plot.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Details
- Released
- 30 November 1939
- Original title
- 白蘭の歌
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Chiio Kimura, Masao Kume
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Song of the White Orchid runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Song of the White Orchid isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 November 1939. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Song of the White Orchid?
Song of the White Orchid (1939) was directed by Kunio Watanabe and stars Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Noboru Kiritachi.