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Harakiri

1919·87 min·DE
Director: Fritz Lang
Drama

The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.

The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to Europe but promises to come back for her and his new child, but when he comes back to Japan, he brings his European wife.

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Cast

Paul Biensfeldt

Paul Biensfeldt

Daimyo Tokuyawa

Lil Dagover

Lil Dagover

O-Take-San

G

George John

Monk

M

Meinhart Maur

Price Matahari

Rudolf Lettinger

Rudolf Lettinger

Karan

E

Erner Huebsch

Kin-Be-Araki

K

Kaete Juster

Hanake

N

Niels Prien

Olaf Jens Anderson

H

Herta Héden

Eva

Loni Nest

Loni Nest

Child

Crew

John Luther Long

writer

Max Fassbender

cinematographer

David Belasco

writer

Max Jungk

writer

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