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The Bravest Way (1918)
Tamura, a Japanese man working as a gardener in America, saves his money to marry his girlfriend, Japanese-American Nume Rogers. His friend Watana works for a Japanese businessman named Motoyoshi so that he can get enough money to bring his wife Sat-Su and their children to America. However, on the day that Sat-Su is to arrive, something happens that changes the lives of everyone concerned. A lost film.
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Tamura, a Japanese man working as a gardener in America, saves his money to marry his girlfriend, Japanese-American Nume Rogers. His friend Watana works for a Japanese businessman named Motoyoshi so that he can get enough money to bring his wife Sat-Su and their children to America. However, on the day that Sat-Su is to arrive, something happens that changes the lives of everyone concerned. A lost film.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Written By:Edith M. Kennedy
In Theaters:6/16/1918
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Cast
George Melford
Director
Sessue Hayakawa
Kara Tamura
Florence Vidor
Nume Rogers
Tsuru Aoki
Sat-u
Yukio Aoyama
Shiro Watana (as U Aoyama)
Jane Wolfe
Miss Tompkins (as Jane Wolff)
Winter Hall
Moreby Nason
Kisaburō Kurihara
Sam Orson (as Thomas Kurahara)
Josephine Crowell
Janitress
Goro Kino
Motoyoshi
Clarence Geldart
The Minister (as Clarence Geldart)
Guy Oliver
The Lawyer
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