Harakiri (1919)
80 min
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.
- Release date
- December 18, 1919
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Cast
- Paul Biensfeldt as Daimyo Tokuyawa
- Lil Dagover as O-Take-San
- Meinhart Maur as Prince Matahari
- Rudolf Lettinger as Karan
- Erner Huebsch as Kin-Be-Araki
- Herta Heden as Eva
- Loni Nest as Child
- Georg John as Buddhist Monk
- Käte Küster as Hanake
- Niels Prien as Olaf J. Anderson
Crew
- Fritz Lang · Director
- David Belasco · Writer
- Max Jungk · Writer
- John Luther Long · Writer
- Erich Pommer · Producer
- Max Fassbender · Cinematographer
- Carl Hoffmann · Cinematographer
- Heinrich Umlauff · Production designer