The Japanese Prince Maiyo is in London to avenge the death of his father who years earlier committed hara-kiri because he had been financially ruined by an English swindler. The Prince warns his friend, the Duke of Devenham, that the Count de la Mar is attempting to seduce the Duke's bored American wife, and then is told by his servant Soto that the Count is the man who killed his father. During a foggy night, the Count, planning to elope with the Duchess, is killed in a taxi with the sword that the Prince's father used to kill himself. Although the American sister of the Duke, Penelope Morse, who loves the Prince, pleads with him to leave before being arrested, he will not perform such a cowardly act. After Soto confesses murdering the Count because he wronged his daughter years ago, the Prince is freed, but because of the racial barrier, he bids a sad farewell to Penelope and leaves.
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Sessue Hayakawa
Prince Maiyo
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
Mabel Ballin
Penelope Morse
Also in
Riders of the Purple Sage
Vanity Fair
Harry Lonsdale
The Duke of Devenham
Also in
Little Orphant Annie
All on Account of Checkers
Beverly Travers
The Duchess
Also in
A Wife's Awakening
A Full House
Robert Lawler
Sir Charles Somerfield
Also in
Hoodoo Ann
The Foreman's Cousin
Bertram Grassby
Count de la Mar
Also in
A Romance of Happy Valley
When a Man Loves
Toyo Fujita
Soto
Also in
The Dragon Painter
The Tong Man
Edward Peil Sr.
Inspector Jacks
Known for
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
William Worthington Director · Richard Schayer Writer E. Phillips Oppenheim Writer
United States release November 2, 1919 · Produced in United States · Languages English, No dialogue
Production
Haworth Pictures Corporation
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United States
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Original language
English
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English · No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 2, 1919
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