The Courageous Coward
Overview
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
31/03/1919
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Original Soundtrack
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Adoration
Castle of Wind and Clouds
La lumière et l'amour
The Score
Der 10. Pavillon der Zitadelle
The Miracle Man
Fifth Avenue
La Cassette de l'émigrée
A Venetian Night
The Kid
The Guardian of Camargue
The Béarnaise Girl
Moses of the Mill
Fire at the Mine
You'll Go Away, Youth
Moses Saved From the Waters
The Martyrdom of Saint Etienne
The Death of Saul
The Judgment of Solomon
Esther