The Courageous Coward
1919-03-31 | 50 minutes
Plot Summary
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
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Robin Hood
-
The Marble Heart
-
The Passion of Joan of Arc
-
Battleship Potemkin
-
Nanook of the North
-
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
-
How They Lie
-
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
-
People on Sunday
-
The Lure
-
The Birth of a Nation
-
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
-
The White Heather
-
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
-
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
-
City Lights
-
Pandora's Box
-
The Gold Rush
-
Greed
-
Behind the Door