
The Courageous Coward
191950mNR
80%
1 TMDB ratings
Directed by William Worthington
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.
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- Release date
- March 31, 1919
- Runtime
- 50m
- Director
- William Worthington
- Rated
- NR




















