The Courageous Coward (1919)
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.
- Date of release
- 1919-03-31
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- William Worthington
Casting
- Sessue Hayakawa — Suki Iota
- Tsuru Aoki — Rei Oaki
- Toyo Fujita — Tangi
- George Hernandez — Big Bill Kirby
- Francis McDonald — Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
- Charles A. Post — Cupid (as Buddy Post)
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