Bonds of Honor

Bonds of Honor
Bonds of Honor
	An advertisement for the film showing lead actors Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki
Directed by	William Worthington
Written by	Frances Guihan
Story by	Clara Whipple
Starring	Sessue Hayakawa; Tsuru Aoki; Marin Sais; Dagmar Godowsky; Herschel Mayall; Toyo Fujita; M. Foshida;
Cinematography	Dal Clawson
Edited by	Mildred Johnston
Production; company	Haworth Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation; ; Phocea Film (France);
Release date	October 4, 1919 (USA); ; 1921, France
Running time	5 reels
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Bonds of Honor is a 1919 American silent film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the leading roles along with his wife Tsuru Aoki.^[1] Marin Sais, Dagmar Godowsky,^[2] Herschel Mayall, Toyo Fujita and M. Foshida also appeared in the film.

Plot[]

Sessue Hayakawa as Yamashito commits treason in WWI to pay off debts from gambling, and his brother Sasamoto also played by Hayakawa assumes his identity to restore the family honor and track him down.

Cast[]

Sessue Hayakawa as Yamashito / Sasamoto
Marin Sais as Olga Orczy
Tsuru Aoki as Toku-ko
Dagmar Godowsky as Elva Petrovitch
Herschel Mayall as Paul Berkowitz
Toyo Fujita as Count Sakurai
as Baron Saito

References[]

^ Miyao, Daisuke (28 March 2007). Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom. Duke University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8223-3969-4.
^ Slide, Anthony (12 September 2010). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8131-2708-8.

External links[]

Bonds of Honor at IMDb

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[Miyao2007-1] Miyao, Daisuke (28 March 2007). Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom. Duke University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8223-3969-4.

[Slide2010-2] Slide, Anthony (12 September 2010). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8131-2708-8.

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