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The Wrath of the Gods is a film of genre Drama directed by Reginald Barker released in USA on 8 june 1914 with Sessue Hayakawa
The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
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Add to a movie listThe Wrath of the Gods is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker, and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Frank Borzage, Thomas Kurihara and Henry Kotani in the lead roles. This was the first feature film appearance of Hayakawa and the directorial debut of Barker.
The film is based on an American sailor who comes to the Yamaki family after his ship wrecked in the ocean. The sailor (Borzage) falls in love with the daughter (Aoki) of the family unaware of the fact that she is cursed by God that if she marries a nearby volcano would erupt and destroy the entire island on which the family lived. Writer and producer Thomas H. Ince got the idea for the film from the volcanic eruption on the island of Sakura-Jima in 1914. Hayakawa was paid $500 a week, the highest paid of all oriental stars at the time.
Filming started on January 27, 1914 and was completed on February 13. The film was released to a warm reception on June 7 after a large-scale publicity campaign. The visual effects of the film were widely appreciated by critics. It premiered in Japan on 15 September 1918, where it was later banned for "bringing dishonor to the country". Hayakawa, who played Aoki's father in the film, married her before the film's premiere.
Synopsis
Baron Yamaki (Sessue Hayakawa) is a fisherman who lives along with his daughter Toya San (Tsuru Aoki) on an island. The island is inhabited by Buddhists and Yamaki had been cursed by Buddha for an affront by one of his ancestors who in a murderous rage, defiled an altar of Buddha in the nearby temple. The curse was that if his daughter married anyone, then the nearby volcano would erupt. Toya finds it difficult to form relationships with boys because the village prophet Takeo (Thomas Kurihara) has spread the rumour that she is cursed. She is therefore unwilling to continue her father's acceptance of the curse. When Yamaki takes Toya-san to the Buddha shrine in the garden of his house to pray and try to get the curse removed, she vents her feelings about the god's unfairness.Actors
Sessue Hayakawa
(Lord Yamaki)
Tsuru Aoki (青木 鶴子)
(Toya San)
Frank Borzage
(Tom Wilson)
Thomas Kurihara
(Takeo (as Thomas Kurihara))
Henry Kotani
(Mr. Hoshida (as Hanoki))
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