Hashimura Togo | |
Director: | William C. deMille |
Producer: | Jesse L. Lasky |
Screenplay: | Marion Fairfax Wallace Irwin |
Starring: | Sessue Hayakawa Florence Vidor Mabel Van Buren Walter Long Tom Forman Raymond Hatton |
Cinematography: | Charles Rosher |
Studio: | Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 50 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Hashimura Togo is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax and Wallace Irwin. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Mabel Van Buren, Walter Long, Tom Forman, and Raymond Hatton. The film was released on August 19, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]
Hashimura Togo (Sessue Hayakawa) takes responsibility for a problem done by his brother, and is then disowned by his family. He moves to New York and becomes a butler. Hashimura helps to expose a scam to steal money from his employer's daughter. After that he is also cleared of the problem that he was disowned for and heads back to Japan.[3]