Persian bird(Перская птица)(ペルシャの鳥) sang by 李香蘭

[hebneh]

So the question is, is this a Japanese film? Made on location, of course, outside Japan.

[kollan]

awesome voice!

[wlwlnana]

竟然是日本人.....唉，时代

[MsLuletta]

I'm writing my graduation thesis about her!!! very interesting!!!

[pinpono843]

　昭和40～44年代央テレビの看板キャスターとなっていた山口淑­子さん。なのに、大人は皆、李香蘭と呼ぶんだよ。中国人朝鮮人？­・・・そう聞いたら「純粋な日本人だ」。10代の少年は本気でこ­の美貌の貴婦人は、聖母（マドンナ）となりました。本当に､この­世にこれほどの美しい貴婦人が入ると言うことに神様に出会ったよ­うなめまいを覚えました。やがて参議院議員となって日中友好事業­の先導役となりました。漢奸裁判で死刑宣告したあの中国に、友好­回復に大きく貢献され、今も中国人に慕われ続け手いる貴婦人です­。

[astoria3011]

She is really good!

[wailukshilouise]

I heard that her grandma was from Poland and her voice teacher was Russian

[chihlitiger]

She is Japanese but her family moved to Fushun, Liaoning in 1906, i.e. 25 years BEFORE Japan invaded NE China. Her grandfather was from Saga, and her mother was from Fukuoka, so she is 100% Kyushu people 九州人. She grew up in Fushun and Beijing, and that's why her accent is standard Mandarin. When she made movies in Shanghai, people actually thought she is Sino-Russian, as she does look a bit Caucausian and she speaks standard Mandarin, which is the language of the Sino-Russian.

[Katiarix]

Wow, that's some very decent Russian.

[TheMidlakes]

There have always been questions about the race of Yamaguchi Yoshiko (or Rikoran) as she was known in Japan and Li Xianglan in China. Many in Japan, where she eventually lived, thought she might be Chinese or part-Chinese. She had been born in Manchuria and studied in Beijing under a Chinese patron. She spoke Chinese, Russian, Japanese and English, so people were curious about her race. Reports state that both her parents were Japanese, but some reports claim she had Russian

blood.

[lilybradberry]

The singer is Yamaguchi. She isn't Chinese at all. I believe she has a Japanese father but adopted by a Taiwanese family in Formosa(Taiwan), Japan. To me she looks so much Taiwanese than Japanese because Taiwanese have Dutch and aboriginal bloods, so I wonder if she has a Taiwanese mother which is common in Taiwan during her time.

[FromEurope]

She is 100% Japanese. Her parents were Japanese lived in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation.

[pingkai]

Ethnically yes. Culturally, not quite true.

[FromEurope]

No, ethnically, she is an asian. She went back to Japan at the age of 26, and she had a multiple important careers. As a writer(one of her book is called "The truth of the poems of the Arab Guerilla that nobody wrote"), then as a politician(the upper House of the Japanese parliament) for 18 years(1974-1992). Though the most famous part of her life was in Chinese period, she has an acomplished life & career in Japan. She is still alive at 89 years old.

[pingkai]

Full of ignorance..

[wailukshilouise]

very good voice!!

[MasterEloraDannan]

Yay, another rare movie scene! There is a very good book about this actress that just came out, "The China Lover", that made me want to watch her movies. Sadly, many of them are so old that it's very hard to find copies, and many of her movies made in Manchuria were destroyed or never released in the first place. I like to see her singing in other languages like Russian, even if she doesn't speak it as well as she does Chinese. Her voice is still very beautiful, and she is very talented.

[johanua]

hum udon890 ......that remark is so ignorant.....also considering you are an old lady......Li Xiang Lan 's debut was in 1938 and Callas' in 1950

[amirmk]

thank you very much, from iran (persia)

[takerikusentai]

美しい歌声だね～

[hevidt]

THANK YOU. indeed beautiful rare clip!!!

 her russian is difficult to understand, and i'm russian. singing should be crystal clear...no guessing.

[a75567556]

Welcome!Russian freind!

I think that's because she is a Japanese.She can't sing clearly.I still like her singing.I hope you like her,too.^.^

[hevidt]

a75567556

indeed, she has a BEAUTIFUL sweet trained voice. no doubt about that. i just wished, i could understand what she is saying ( lyrics)????? i like her voice also :)

[a75567556]

My translating is not very good,but I hope you can understand:

The yellow flowers are flying.

It float around everywhere on the grassland.

Spread the wings dazzlingly, flutter on the sky.

The golden bird! singing the melody that I croon.

Soaring on the sky amazingly.

Enjoying the lovely sound.

[hevidt]

a75567556

THANK YOU so kindly:)

[fa08931]

Thanks your post. Have me a feeling, beuatiful and long time ago.

[gmiao314]

is this from a movie?

[Kiriru1376]

It's great!Thanks a lot!

[hotpack00]

i really like the song but i can't understand half the words she is saying and I'm Russian. Can someone post the lyrics?

[hotpack00]

this birdie is jumping from bush to bush something... this golden bird...??

[coupssix]

Li xiang-Lan! What a blast from the past! This must have been filmed in Harbin or Mukden, Manchuko!

Thank you so much for sharing such a rare clip with us. I cannot believe that this has even survived. How wonderful!

[hayathologist]

I love the young sweet Lixianglan!

Thank you for psoting so rare and precious clip!