10. The Two Yoshikos

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on Translation vii
4. Chronology ix
5. Introduction. Yamaguchi Yoshiko in War time East Asia: Transnational Stardom and Its Predicaments xvii
6. 1. My Fushun Years 1
7. 2. My Fengtian Years 15
8. 3. My Beijing Years 32
9. 4. The Tianjin Encounters 49
10. 5. The Birth of Li Xianglan 65
11. 6. My Xinjing Years 81
12. 7. The Days of “The Suzhou Serenade” 98
13. 8. The Nichigeki Incident 113
14. 9. The Spring of My Youth 131
15. 10. The Two Yoshikos 148
16. 11. Two Phantom Films: Yellow River and My Nightingale 169
17. 12. Glory to Eternity 186
18. 13. Rhapsody of “The Evening Primrose” 204
19. 14. Shanghai, 1945 223
20. 15. Farewell, Li Xianglan 239
21. Addendum: The Post–Li Xianglan Years 257
22. Postscript: Yamaguchi Yoshiko 287
23. Postscript: Fujiwara Sakuya 289
24. Notes 293
25. Filmography 343
26. Index 345
27. About the Translator 359