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''Bonds of Honor'' is a 1919 American silent film directed by William Worthington.
Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...
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Haworth Pictures Corporation Haworth Pictures Corporation was a film studio established by Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in March 1918. Haworth Pictures Corporation was Hollywood’s first Asian-owned production company. Filmography * ''His Birthright'' (1918) * ''The Tem ...
produced the film and he himself played the leading roles along with his wife Tsuru Aoki. Marin Sais, Dagmar Godowsky,
Herschel Mayall Herschel Mayall (July 12, 1863 – June 10, 1941) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1912 and 1935. Biography He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and died in Detroit, Mic ...
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Toyo Fujita Toyo Fujita (16 July 1893 – 25 July 1959) was a Japanese actor who worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s. Biography Toyo earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and later moved to the United Sta ...
and M. Foshida also appeared in the film.


Plot

Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...
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

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Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...
as Yamashito / Sasamoto * Marin Sais as Olga Orczy * Tsuru Aoki as Toku-ko * Dagmar Godowsky as Elva Petrovitch *
Herschel Mayall Herschel Mayall (July 12, 1863 – June 10, 1941) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1912 and 1935. Biography He was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and died in Detroit, Mic ...
as Paul Berkowitz *
Toyo Fujita Toyo Fujita (16 July 1893 – 25 July 1959) was a Japanese actor who worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s. Biography Toyo earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and later moved to the United Sta ...
as Count Sakurai * M. Foshida as Baron Saito


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* Films directed by William Worthington 1919 drama films American black-and-white films Haworth Pictures Corporation films American silent feature films Silent American drama films 1919 films Film Booking Offices of America films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub