The Courageous Coward

The Courageous Coward

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Drama
Runtime
50 mins
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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

  • Sessue Hayakawa
  • Tsuru Aoki
  • Toyo Fujita
  • George Hernandez
  • Francis McDonald
  • Charles A. Post

Director

  • William Worthington

Producers

    Screenwriter

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