The Wrath of the Gods
Cast & Crew
Reginald Barker
Sessue Hayakawa
Tsuru Aoki
Frank Borzage
Thomas Kurikara
Hanoki
Film Details
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Synopsis
Takeo, an old prophet, explains a legend to the people of his Japanese village that says that the first male descendent of samurai Lord Yamaki's family is cursed by the gods. Thus, if Yamaki's daughter Toya San marries, the long inactive volcano near their village will erupt. When an American vessel is shipwrecked near the village, sailor Tom Wilson is saved by Yamako. Tom, who falls in love with Toya San, tells the people about the new god more powerful than Buddha and convinces her to marry him. Takeo arrives at the American mission too late to stop the marriage and the volcano erupts. Yamaki and many others are killed, but Tom and Toya San escape to an American ship anchored at the harbor.
Cast
Sessue Hayakawa
Tsuru Aoki
Frank Borzage
Thomas Kurikara
Hanoki
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
According to modern sources, Raymond B. West was in charge of special effects direction. An alternate title of the film was The Destruction of Sakura-Jima or The Wrath of the Gods. According to the New York Dramatic Mirror the story May have been based on an old Japanese legend surrounding the eruption of Sakura-Jima on January 13, 1914. Hayakawa and Aoki were married a few weeks before the release of this film. Portions of the film were shot on the beach in Santa Monica, CA.
