The Courageous Coward
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The Courageous Coward is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa that explores themes of honor, identity, and cultural conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Courageous Coward canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499420 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Courageous Coward Context triple: [Sessue Hayakawa, notableWork, The Courageous Coward]
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A.
Gun for a Coward
Gun for a Coward is a 1957 Western film starring Fred MacMurray that explores themes of family conflict and personal bravery on the American frontier.
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B.
The Dumb Soldier
"The Dumb Soldier" is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that appears in his classic children's poetry collection *A Child’s Garden of Verses*, depicting a child's imaginative play with a toy soldier.
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C.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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D.
The Tough Ones
The Tough Ones is a 1970s Italian poliziottesco crime-action film known for its gritty violence, tough cop antihero, and cult status among Eurocrime cinema fans.
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E.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Courageous Coward Target entity description: The Courageous Coward is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa that explores themes of honor, identity, and cultural conflict.
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A.
Gun for a Coward
Gun for a Coward is a 1957 Western film starring Fred MacMurray that explores themes of family conflict and personal bravery on the American frontier.
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B.
The Dumb Soldier
"The Dumb Soldier" is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that appears in his classic children's poetry collection *A Child’s Garden of Verses*, depicting a child's imaginative play with a toy soldier.
-
C.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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D.
The Tough Ones
The Tough Ones is a 1970s Italian poliziottesco crime-action film known for its gritty violence, tough cop antihero, and cult status among Eurocrime cinema fans.
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E.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Charles K. French
NERFINISHED
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Earle Foxe NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugenie Besserer NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura La Varnie NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsuru Aoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Yutaka Abe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
USA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William Worthington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| featuresActorAsRole |
Sessue Hayakawa as Sakuragi
ⓘ
Tsuru Aoki as Yuri Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| format | silent ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Japanese American community ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural conflict
ⓘ
honor ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | feature film ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sakuragi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Japanese American experience ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of cross-cultural tensions
ⓘ
portrayal of Japanese characters by Japanese actors ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | American silent era cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Haworth Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1919 ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
E. Richard Schayer
NERFINISHED
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J. Grubb Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| starring | Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Courageous Coward Description of subject: The Courageous Coward is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa that explores themes of honor, identity, and cultural conflict.
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