Watch The Courageous Coward (1919) : Online Full Movies 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. | ||
Release Date | : | Mar 31, 1919 |
Runtime | : | |
Genres | : | Drama |
Production Company | : | Haworth Pictures Corporation |
Production Countries | : | United States of America |
Casts | : | Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Toyo Fujita, George Hernandez, Francis McDonald, Charles A. Post |
Plot Keywords | : | silent film, partially lost film |
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