A Heart in Pawn
Cast & Crew
William Worthington
Sessue Hayakawa
Vola Vale
Tsuru Aoki
Dal Clawson
Thomas J. Geraghty
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Synopsis
Toyama's wife Sada secretly earns money as a Geisha girl to finance his studies in America, but she says that the money comes from her deceased grandfather. In America, Toyama becomes an assistant to Dr. Stone, studying cures for inherited vices. When Toyama learns that Sada has been sentenced to death for murdering a prominent banker who attacked her, Toyama disappears and gives in to his hereditary tendency to drink until Dr. Stone cures him. Unknown to Toyama, Sada's sentence is commuted to life imprisonment when she gives birth to their daughter. Meanwhile, Toyama marries Stone's half-Japanese daughter Emily to fulfill Stone's dying request. In Japan, after Toyama lectures women prisoners and recognizes Sada, he discovers that the child he and Emily adopted is really his own daughter. When Sada escapes and finds Toyama, he decides to commit harakiri, but as the prison guards approach, Sada drowns herself to save him.
Director
William Worthington
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Notes
The copyright records for this film are listed under the title Shadows. This title was not used because of another film made around the same time with that title. Sessue Hayakawa also starred in the stage production of Shadows. Some scenes were shot in the Japanese tea garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
