Fragrant Orchid: The Story of My Early Life 9780824854041
The acclaimed actress and legendary singer, Yamaguchi Yoshiko (aka Li Xianglan, 1920-2014), emerged from Japan-occupied
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Table of contents :
Contents
Notes on Translation
Chronology
Introduction. Yamaguchi Yoshiko in War time East Asia: Transnational Stardom and Its Predicaments
1. My Fushun Years
2. My Fengtian Years
3. My Beijing Years
4. The Tianjin Encounters
5. The Birth of Li Xianglan
6. My Xinjing Years
7. The Days of “The Suzhou Serenade”
8. The Nichigeki Incident
9. The Spring of My Youth
10. The Two Yoshikos
11. Two Phantom Films: Yellow River and My Nightingale
12. Glory to Eternity
13. Rhapsody of “The Evening Primrose”
14. Shanghai, 1945
15. Farewell, Li Xianglan
Addendum: The Post–Li Xianglan Years
Postscript: Yamaguchi Yoshiko
Postscript: Fujiwara Sakuya
Notes
Filmography
Index
About the Translator
Contents
Notes on Translation
Chronology
Introduction. Yamaguchi Yoshiko in War time East Asia: Transnational Stardom and Its Predicaments
1. My Fushun Years
2. My Fengtian Years
3. My Beijing Years
4. The Tianjin Encounters
5. The Birth of Li Xianglan
6. My Xinjing Years
7. The Days of “The Suzhou Serenade”
8. The Nichigeki Incident
9. The Spring of My Youth
10. The Two Yoshikos
11. Two Phantom Films: Yellow River and My Nightingale
12. Glory to Eternity
13. Rhapsody of “The Evening Primrose”
14. Shanghai, 1945
15. Farewell, Li Xianglan
Addendum: The Post–Li Xianglan Years
Postscript: Yamaguchi Yoshiko
Postscript: Fujiwara Sakuya
Notes
Filmography
Index
About the Translator
