Film

The Breath of the Gods

1920 · 1h · Drama

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When Yuki's father discovers his daughter's romance with a foreigner, he becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons.

Tsuru Aoki

Yuki Onda

Stanhope Wheatcroft

Pierre Le Beau

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Prince Hagane (as Arthur Carewe)

Pat O'Malley

T. Caraway Dodge

J. Barney Sherry

Senator Todd (as Barney Sherry)

Marian Skinner

Mrs. Todd (as Marion Skinner)

Ethel Shannon

Gwendolyn

Misao Seki

Yuki's Father

Mai Wells

Yuki's Mother

Paul Weigel

Count Ronsard

• Rollin S. SturgeonDirector
• Charles J. WilsonWriter
• Mary McNeil FenollosaNovel
• Corley Z. ItoProducer
• Alfred GosdenDirector of Photography

Release date

July 25, 1920

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Genres

Drama