“The Eternal Triangle-Japanese Truism, Appealing Romance, Desperate Sacrifice- All Make a Memorable Masterpiece for Hayakawa and His Star Cast”

Forbidden Paths (1917)

Name: Forbidden Paths
Director: Robert Thornby
Genre: Drama
Released: 1917-07-12
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Vivian Martin, Tom Forman, Carmen Phillips, James Neill

July 12, 191750mEN

Drama

Overview

Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian Martin) in Sato's care. Sato loves the girl, but as he is Japanese he cannot hope to ever marry her (at least not in the racially prejudiced era of the early 1900s). Besides, Mildred loves Harry Maxwell (Tom Forman), who was raised alongside her.

Director

Robert Thornby

Writers

Beatrice DeMille, Leighton Osmun, Eve Unsell