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The Courageous Coward (1919)
Genres: Drama
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.
- Sessue Hayakawa as Suki Iota
- Tsuru Aoki as Rei Oaki
- Toyo Fujita as Tangi
- George Hernandez as Big Bill Kirby
- Francis McDonald as Tom Kirby (as Francis J. McDonald)
- Charles A. Post as Cupid (as Buddy Post)