Island Girl (1933)
Japanese silent film.
Top billed cast
Yukichi Iwata
Ryoichi Takeuchi
Ureo Egawa
Kinuko Wakamizu
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Utako Suzuki
Reikichi Kawamura
Kenichi Miyajima
Ryōtarō Mizushima- Eiko Takamatsu
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