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The Curse of Caste (1914)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

The Curse of Caste (1914)

Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

Kato, a high-class Japanese man, desires to marry Kissmoia, a low-caste Japanese girl of the Etss. Kato's father, a stern old aristocrat, refuses to consent to the marriage. The girl Kissmoia. realizing that she may cause her lover his ...See moreKato, a high-class Japanese man, desires to marry Kissmoia, a low-caste Japanese girl of the Etss. Kato's father, a stern old aristocrat, refuses to consent to the marriage. The girl Kissmoia. realizing that she may cause her lover his father's displeasure, takes her pack and leaves. Kato sees her, rushes after her, and begs her to stay until he interviews his father and tells him of his love for her and that his fondest hope is that they marry. She remains while Kato interviews his father. The old man sternly refuses to consider the alliance, and Kato leaves his father's house and marries the girl of his choice. A short time later he is living in a Japanese fishing village and while devotedly loving his wife, he also has many sorrowful moments when thinking of his aged father whom he also loves tenderly; Kissomoia sees her husband's sorrow. Kato receives a communication from his father telling him that the old man's days are numbered and requesting that he return and live with him during the declining days of his life. The letter also specifies that under no circumstances will the proud old father receive his wife into the house. Kato unwittingly drops the letter and Kissmoia discovers it and resolves to forever remove herself from the pathway of her husband whom she believes she is dragging down. She leaves, goes to the ocean, and commits suicide by leaping into it. After a bitter night alone, Kato's love for his wife overcomes that for his father and he rushes into her room the love of Kato for his wife overcomes that for his father and he rushes into her room; she's gone but he finds the note she left and becomes frantic. A searching party is organized and Kato discovers her body floating in the surf at nightfall. While the surf washes around him, and with the body of his dead wife clasped in his arms, he stares vacantly out to sea. and the picture dissolves with them in that position. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Sessue Hayakawa Kato Matsumoto Kato Matsumoto See fewer	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Tsuru Aoki Kissmoia Kissmoia See fewer	The Dragon Painter (1919)
Kisaburô Kurihara General Hirata (as Thomas Kurihara) General Hirata (as Thomas Kurihara) See fewer	Haru wa kaeru (1924)

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