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The Breath of the Gods
Also known as Le souffle des Dieux in France
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6225 feet
Directed by Rollin Sturgeon (Rollin S. Sturgeon)

Cast: Tsuru Aoki [Yuki Onda], Stanhope Wheatcroft [Pierre Le Beau], Arthur Carewe (Arthur Edmund Carewe) [Prince Hagane], Pat O’Malley [T. Caraway Dodge], Barney Sherry (J. Barney Sherry) [Senator Todd], Marion Skinner (Marian Skinner) [Mrs. Todd], Ethel Shannon [Gwendolyn], Missao Seki (Misao Seki) [Yuki’s father], Mai Wells [Yuki’s mother], Paul Weigel [Count Ronsard]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Jewel Super-Production]. / Produced by Corley Z. Ito. Scenario by Charles Wilson Jr. (Charles J. Wilson), from the novel The Breath of the Gods by Sidney McCall (Mary McNeil Fenollosa). Production design by Corley Z. Ito. Cinematography by Alfred Gosden. / © 9 July 1920 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP15346]. Released [?] 25 July or 16 August? 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in France as Le souffle des Dieux on 12 August 1922.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0473.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Asians - Death: Suicide - Japanese - Revenge

Listing updated: 2 September 2018.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0473; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 35 : Website-IMDb.

 
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