{"id":25008,"date":"2014-09-15T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=25008"},"modified":"2014-09-15T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T21:21:39","slug":"r-i-p-yoshiko-yamaguchiri-ko-ran-diva-of-china-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2014\/09\/15\/r-i-p-yoshiko-yamaguchiri-ko-ran-diva-of-china-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I. P Yoshiko Yamaguchi\/Ri-Ko-Ran – Diva of China & Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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    Wartime film idol, propaganda tool Rikoran dies at 94<\/a> Japan times <\/p>\n

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    Japanese Actress Shirley Yamaguchi, Who Starred in <\/a>\u2018House of Bamboo,\u2019 Dies at 94 (Variety) <\/p>\n

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    After her first marriage to Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi ended in the mid-1950s, Yamaguchi married Hiroshi Ohtaka, who was Japan’s ambassador to Burma, now Myanmar, and occasionally appeared on television. In 1974, she was elected to parliament’s Upper House as a member of the governing Liberal Democratic Party and served until 1992. She was among the contributors to a private atonement fund for Asian “comfort women” used as prostitutes for Japan’s wartime military.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n

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    Shanghai no Onna 1952 <\/a> (youtube) <\/p>\n

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    Caught Between China & Japan: Superstar Li Xianglan<\/a><\/p>\n

    She called China her fatherland and Japan her motherland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    She was active in promoting relations with China and other Asian countries. One of her concerns was Japanese “comfort women” military brothels, an issue that still strains ties between Japan and its neighbours.<\/p>\n

    In her 1987 autobiography, Yamaguchi wrote she was shellshocked when she watched “China Nights” to prepare the book. “Why did I have to appear in such a movie and perform as ‘Chinese actress Ri Koran (Li Xianglan)’? I felt miserable realising this at this advanced age and I had sleepless nights for months.”<\/p>\n

    However, according to some Japanese bloggers, the movie was not widely taken as a pure propaganda film but was appreciated by many people in both Japan and China.<\/p>\n

    “I think song is something that helps shrink boundaries and distances,” Yamaguchi told public broadcaster NHK in 1985. “I myself suffered much as I was trapped in a war between two countries as long as I remember. Therefore I am determined not to tolerate any war.” (via<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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