The Love of Tokiwa (1914)
When Yoshisada asks cruel Kajiwara, the wealthy Japanese fisherman, for the hand of his daughter Tokiwa, he is not graciously received. This does not bring tears to the wondrous, almond-shaped eyes of Tokiwa; she does not like Yoshisada. Neither is she fond of her father, who beats, her and makes her work very hard. She has a friend in Anna Lang, who has a missionary school in the village, and in Richard Davis, who comes to the town to deal with Kajiwara concerning the village catch. Davis loves Anna; they are engaged to be married. They decide that they will take the little Japanese girl away with them to the city. Tokiwa has fallen in love with Davis and mistakes his kindness for love. He tells her that he will take her away to a place where she will be very happy. His words are overheard by Yoshisada, who swears that it will never happen. Yoshisada tells Tokiwa's father of the American's words and together they plan a hurried wedding. The girl is literally sold to Yoshisada, that her services may not go to someone other than her father. Poor Tokiwa is in despair when she learns of the plans for her future. A telegram comes to Anna, saying that the American, who has been away, is coming back. Tokiwa borrows the telegram, having learned how to read at the mission school. Her father sees the message. He tells Yoshisada, who vows that the American shall not reach the village alive. Tokiwa sends up a white dove which Davis had given her, with a prayer to save him. Yoshisada waylays Davis, and as he is passing in his car on a road hundreds of feet below the cliff, he rolls a huge boulder down upon him and believes he has killed him. Yoshisada loses his life at this place later, by falling over the cliff. Tokiwa, dressed all in white with wreaths of flowers about her, enters her boat and goes out alone into the sunset of the sea to find the heaven of the Americans. Later, when Anna and Davis and the villagers come to the beach to find her, they see an upturned boat drifting out on the silent waves.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Ulysses Davis | Director |
| William E. Wing | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Patricia Palmer | |
| Bertie Pitcairn | |
| William Desmond Taylor | |
| George Kunkel |
