Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)

• 57%
• 1930
• Drama
• Romance
• Kenji Mizoguchi
• Yoshie Fujiwara
• Isamu Kosugi
• Shizue Natsukawa

The rise and fall of a singer Yoshio Fujimura. Fujimura entertains the lower class passengers on the ship home from Europe, and is traveling with Ayako, a maid who had fallen in love with him. On their arrival in Japan, a society woman, Natsue Omura, who is meeting a famous tenor from the first class, is attracted to Fujimura. Natsue introduces Fujimura to an agent and, under his guidance, sings the song "Furusato" which becomes a hit. As he becomes famous, Fujimura ignores Ayako and lives the high life with Natsue and her society friends.