The Courageous Coward
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Sessue Hayakawa · Frances Guihan · George Hernandez · Thomas J. Geraghty · William Worthington · Francis McDonald · Toyo Fujita · Charles A. Post · Tsuru Aoki