The Courageous Coward

(1919)

★ 8 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1919

Runtime: 50 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: William Worthington

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Toyo Fujita, Джордж Хернандез, Фрэнсис МакДональд, Charles A. Post

Plot

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.