Bonds of Honor

Bonds of Honor is a 1919 American silent film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the leading roles along with his wife Tsuru Aoki.^[1][2] Marin Sais, Dagmar Godowsky,^[3] Herschel Mayall, Toyo Fujita and M. Foshida also appeared in the film.

Bonds of Honor
An advertisement for the film showing lead actors Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki
Directed by	William Worthington
Written by	Frances Guihan
Story by	Clara Whipple
Starring	Sessue Hayakawa Tsuru Aoki Marin Sais Dagmar Godowsky Herschel Mayall Toyo Fujita M. Foshida
Cinematography	Dal Clawson
Edited by	Mildred Johnston
Production company	Haworth Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Company Phocea Film (France)
Release dates	October 4, 1919 (1919-10-04) (USA) 1921, France
Running time	5 reels
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Sessue Hayakawa as Yamashito commits treason in WWI to pay off debts from gambling, and his brother Sasamoto also played by Hayakawa assumes his identity to restore the family honor and track him down.

Cast

• Sessue Hayakawa as Yamashito / Sasamoto
• Marin Sais as Olga Orczy
• Tsuru Aoki as Toku-ko
• Dagmar Godowsky as Elva Petrovitch
• Herschel Mayall as Paul Berkowitz
• Toyo Fujita as Count Sakurai
• M. Foshida as Baron Saito

Preservation

An abridged version of Bonds of Honor is held by the BFI in London.^[4]