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The Soul of Kura-San
Also known as {The Soul of Kura}
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by E.J. Le Saint (Edward LeSaint)

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa [Toyo], Myrtle Stedman [Anne Willoughby], Tsuru Aoki [Kura-San], George Webb [Herbert Graham], Thomas Kurihara [Naguchi], George Kuwa [Oki]

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Charles Sarver, from a screen story by Frances E. Guihan. Art direction by Wilfred Buckland. Assistant director, Captain Ford [?] (Starrett Ford)? Cinematography by Allan M. Davey. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 26 October 1916 by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated [LP9406]. Released 30 October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 December 2023.

References: ClasIm-225 pp. 44-45 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.