The Typhoon
5.2
Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl, who subsequently rejects her American fiancé, Richard Bernisky. When the Japanese discover the affair, they try to force Tokoramo to end it, but Helene refuses to stop visiting him. One night, during one of her visits, Bernisky comes to Tokoramo's apartment and, while Helene hides, rebukes her to her lover. After Bernisky leaves, Tokoramo orders Helene out, but when he realizes his love for her, he calls her back. Suddenly, she rejects and insults him to the point that he strangles her. Tokoramo wants to confess his crime, but he must complete his work, and so his countrymen sacrifice a boy, Hironari, who pleads guilty to the murder and eventually is guillotined. In the end, Tokoramo also dies and his colleagues burn his valuable papers in order to protect Japan. -From the TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.
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Cast
9 people
Sessue Hayakawa
Tokorama
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
Gladys Brockwell
Helene
Known for
7th Heaven
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Frank Borzage
Renard Bernisky
Also in
The Wrath of the Gods
The Pilgrim
Henry Kotani
Hironari
Also in
The Wrath of the Gods
Leona Hutton
Theresa
Also in
Knight of the Trail
Soul Mates
Kisaburō Kurihara
Baron Joshikawa (as Thomas Kurihara)
Also in
The Wrath of the Gods
Jasei no Midara
Tsuru Aoki
Also in
The Dragon Painter
The Wrath of the Gods
Charles K. French
Known for
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Herschel Mayall
Also in
Come to Dinner
Civilization
Reginald Barker Director · Melchior Lengyel Story
United States release October 10, 1914 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
New York Motion Picture
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · October 10, 1914
Theatrical
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