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Restoration of "The dragon painter", full-length 1919 feature in which Hayakawa plays Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a bel...

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Corporate Authors: Haworth Pictures, Milestone Film & Video, American Film Institute. National Center for Film and Video Preservation, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), New Yorker Video (Firm), George Eastman House
Other Authors: Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973, Aoki, Tsuru, 1892-1961, Fujita, Tōyō, Borzage, Frank, Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933, Murray, Charlie, 1872-1941, Worthington, William, 1872-1941, Williams, Frank D., Schayer, Richard E. (Richard Ernest), 1882-1956, Izu, Mark, Ince, Thomas H., Clifford, William, 1877-1941, Barker, Reginald, 1886-1945, West, Raymond B., 1886-1918, Lienhard, Marco, Cohn, Jack, 1889-1956, Lewyn, Louis, 1891-1969, Fenollosa, Mary McNeil, Ponting, Herbert George, Taves, Brian, 1959-
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent, with English subtitles.
Published: Harrington Park, N.J. : Milestone Film & Video : [2008]
Series:Milestone cinematheque.
Subjects:
Recluses > Japan > Drama.
Painters > Japan > Drama.
Romanticism in art > Japan > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Japan > Drama.
Japan > Social life and customs > 1868-1912 > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Melodrama.
Film adaptations.
Table of Contents:
  • The dragon painter / Haworth Pictures Corporation presents ; directed by William Worthington ; camera, Frank D. Williams ; scenario by Richard Schayer ; composer, Mark Izu ; [produced by Sessue Hayakawa]
  • The wrath of the gods, or, the destruction of Sakura-Jima (1914) / scenario by Thomas H. Ince and William Clifford ; produced by Thomas H. Ince ; directed by Reginald Barker ; special effects by Raymond B. West ; a film of the George Eastman House Motion Picture Study Collection ; musical score composed by Marco Lienhard (60 min.)
  • Screen snapshots issue no. 20 (1921) / produced by Jack Cohn and Louis Lewyn (3 min.).