The Daughter of the Samurai

The Daughter of the Samurai German Die Tochter des Samurai , Japanese Atarashiki Tsuchi , The New Earth ? is a 1937 GermanJapanese drama film directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami and starring Setsuko Hara, Ruth Eweler and Sessue Hayakawa. Its Japanese title was Atarashiki tsuchi, meaning New Earth. It was the first of two coproductions between Japan and Nazi Germany. Franck, who was famous for making mountaineering films, was possibly chosen as director because of his connections to the Nazi Party. Fanck and Itami clashed a great deal during the films production, and in effect created two separate versions for release in their respective countries.

Meanwhile, Mitsuko, feeling dishonored by Teruos rejection, attempts to commit suicide by throwing herself into a volcano. She is rescued at the last second by Teruo, and the couple is romantically reunited. Sometime later, the young couple and their baby are now living in Manchukuo, the New Earth, working on a farm under the benevolent gaze of a vigilant soldier guarding against the everpresent threat of Bolshevism.The film was poorly received in Japan. It was viewed as a condescending treatment of Japan as an exotic Oriental nation that needed German political ideas as if it had none of its own, and the racist ideology of blood and soil was considered disturbing. One reviewer wrote ........

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