Drama · United States of America · 1917 · 51m

The Call of the East

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Director
George Melford
Cast
Sessue Hayakawa as Arai Takada Tsuru Aoki as O'Mitsu, His Sister Jack Holt as Alan Hepburn Margaret Loomis as Sheila Hepburn James Cruze as Janzo Ernest Joy as Col. Bassett
Crew
Percy Hilburn — Director of Photography Beulah Marie Dix — Screenplay Jesse L. Lasky — Producer
Synopsis

While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing a Japanese kimono. There she meets the wealthy Arai Takada, who is taken by the mysterious woman. Alan has dishonored and betrayed O'Mitsu, and her brother Arai plans a terrible revenge.

Mood & Themes
lost film
Key Collaborators
George Melford Director Percy Hilburn Director of Photography Beulah Marie Dix Screenplay Jesse L. Lasky Producer
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