A Tokyo Siren Explained

A Tokyo Siren
Director:	Norman Dawn
Cinematography:	Thomas Rae
Studio:	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Country:	United States

A Tokyo Siren (also known as A Tokio Siren) is a 1920^[1] American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Tsuru Aoki,^[2] Jack Livingston, Goro Kino, Toyo Fujita and Arthur Jasmine. The film was based on Gwendolyn Logan's story "Cayonara."^[3]

The final scenes of the film were shot on location on Catalina Island.^[4]

Plot

A young American doctor is in Tokyo trying to heal his heartbreak after being jilted by his lover. Just as he is about to return to his home country, he decides to help a young Japanese woman escape a bad situation by making her legally his wife. When the doctor arrives in America, his former lover returns, and is sad to find that he is married. Meanwhile, the young woman begins to fall for the doctor's Japanese assistant.^[5]

Cast

• Tsuru Aoki as Asuti Hishuri
• Jack Livingston (billed as Jack Livingstone) as Dr. Niblock
• Goro Kino as Hakami
• Toyo Fujita as Hishuri
• Arthur Jasmine as Ito
• Peggy Pearce as Ethel
• Florence Hart as Amelia Niblock
• Frederick Vroom as Mr. Chandler
• Dorothy Hipp as Matsu

Preservation

Complete prints of A Tokio Siren are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Rowe, Denise . An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930 . 2004 . Routledge . 978-0789018434 . registration .
2. Book: Japanese Studies Around the World. 2004. International Research Center for Japanese Studies. 296.
3. Web site: A Tokio Siren. October 1, 1921. Ness County News. en. November 11, 2019.
4. Web site: A Tokio Siren . afi.com . March 22, 2024.
5. Web site: Tsuru Aoki in 'Atokio Siren'. August 6, 1920. Times Herald. en. November 11, 2019.
6. Web site: American Silent Feature Film Database: A Tokio Siren . March 22, 2024 . Library of Congress.