Summary While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When Yuki's father discovers his daughter's romance with a foreigner, he becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons; being an obedient daughter, Yuki agrees to the match. During a political meeting, Yuki's husband commands her to see that nobody enters the house. During her vigil, Pierre arrives, half-crazed with fever and the desire to see his beloved. Out of revenge, he steals an important document from Hagane; believing that his wife has acted in dishonor, Hagane agrees to trade Yuki for the paper. Worn out with grief and struggling against her love for Pierre, Yuki kills herself, and Hagane delivers the body to her true love. View more details
Directed : Rollin S. Sturgeon
Written : Charles J. Wilson Mary McNeil Fenollosa
Stars : Pat O'Malley Stanhope Wheatcroft Arthur Edmund Carewe Tsuru Aoki
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jul 24, 1920
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production companies : Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Summary While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When Yuki's father discovers his daughter's romance with a foreigner, he becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons; being an obedient daughter, Yuki agrees to the match. During a political meeting, Yuki's husband commands her to see that nobody enters the house. During her vigil, Pierre arrives, half-crazed with fever and the desire to see his beloved. Out of revenge, he steals an important document from Hagane; believing that his wife has acted in dishonor, Hagane agrees to trade Yuki for the paper. Worn out with grief and struggling against her love for Pierre, Yuki kills herself, and Hagane delivers the body to her true love. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jul 24, 1920
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production companies : Universal Film Manufacturing Company
