Forbidden Paths
“The Eternal Triangle-Japanese Truism, Appealing Romance, Desperate Sacrifice- All Make a Memorable Masterpiece for Hayakawa and His Star Cast”
Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian Martin) in Sato's care. Sato loves the girl, but as he is Japanese he cannot hope to ever marry her (at least not in the racially prejudiced era of the early 1900s). Besides, Mildred loves Harry Maxwell (Tom Forman), who was raised alongside her.
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Cast
13 people
Sessue Hayakawa
Sato
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
Vivian Martin
Mildred Thornton
Also in
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
The Song of the Soul
Robert Thornby
Also in
The Greater Love
The Craven
Beatrice DeMille
Tom Forman
Harry Maxwell
Also in
For Better, for Worse
Young Romance
Leighton Osmun
Carmen Phillips
Benita Ramirez
Also in
The Cost of High Living
The Cloud Puncher
Eve Unsell
James Neill
James Thornton
Known for
The Cheat
The Ten Commandments
Ernest Joy
American ambassador
Also in
The Golden Chance
The Thief and the Book
Paul Weigel
Luis Valdez
Known for
The Great Dictator
The Invisible Ray
Gino Corrado
A Mexican Flirt
Also in
Paradise Canyon
Pest from the West
Robert Thornby Director · Beatrice DeMille Writer Leighton Osmun Writer
United States release July 12, 1917 · Produced in United States
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · July 12, 1917
Theatrical
France
February 3, 1922
Sweden
February 2, 1920
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