The Courageous Coward

03/31/1919

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0hr 50min

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Drama

STORY

Sessue Hayakawa was making the transition from Asian villain to sympathetic hero in this picture. The plot is a combination of racial stereotypes that were common in the U.S. during the silent era and real-life situations experienced by Asians living Stateside. Hayakawa plays Suki Iota, a student who, while born and bred in America, wants a wife with traditional Japanese values. She appears in the form of Rei (Tsuru Aoki, Hayakawa's real-life wife), a singer who becomes known as the Japanese Nightingale.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Sessue Hayakawa
  • Tsuru Aoki
  • Toyo Fujita
  • George Hernandez
  • Francis McDonald

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Haworth Pictures Corporation

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • No Language