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Release Date:
28 September 1919 (USA) more
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Plot:
Tatsu is a slightly delusional painter who lives in the wilderness. He spends his days painting nothing but the image of his love... more | add synopsis
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"Lars and the Real Girl," "The Dragon Painter"
 (From IFC. 15 April 2008, 5:12 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Sessue Hayakawa ... Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
Tsuru Aoki ... Ume-Ko
Edward Peil Sr. ... Kano Indara (as Edward Peil)
Toyo Fujita ... Undobuchida 'Uchida'
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Directed by
William Worthington 
 
Writing credits
Richard Schayer (scenario) (as E. Richard Schayer)

Mary McNeil Fenollosa (novel)

Original Music by
Mark Izu (2005 release)
 
Cinematography by
Frank D. Williams (cameraman)
 
Art Direction by
Milton Menasco 
 
Production Management
George W. Stout .... general manager (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Scott Koué .... sound re-recording mixer (2005 release)
 
Music Department
Scott Koué .... music editor (2005 release)
 
Other crew
Mary Lea Bandy .... restoration: The Museum of Modern Art (1988 restoration)
Michael Friend .... restoration: The National Center for Film and Video Preservation at The American Film Institute (1988 restoration)
Stephen Gong .... restoration: Pacific Film Archive (1988 restoration)
Jan-Christopher Horak .... restoration: The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House (1988 restoration)
Bill Sloan .... restoration: The Museum of Modern Art (1988 restoration)
 
Thanks
John E. Allen .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Nancy Araki .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Allan Bobey .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
John Kuiper .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Walter Lew .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Robert Mayer .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
George Pratt .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Herbert Reynolds .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Elias Savada .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
Christina Spilsbury .... special thanks (1988 restoration)
 
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Runtime:
USA:50 min (2005 release) | France:53 min
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USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

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10 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Lyrical Silent From the Japanese Perspective, 13 April 2008
Author: sunlily from Dallas, TX.

The Dragon Painter was long considered lost, but was rediscovered in France and brought to the George Eastman House for restoration. Sessue Hayakawa is probably best known for his performance in The Bridge on the River Kwai, but he was actually a silent film star of some acclaim. This film was made through his own production company in 1919, which proves the power he had attained in Hollywood in the silent era.

The film concerns a slightly mad but brilliant artist Tatsu living in the wilds of Japan and painting exquisite portraits of the dragon that he believes has captured his princess/fiancée. Oddly enough, when he finds his true love, he loses his genius to paint.

The princess is played by Hayakawa's real life wife, Tsuru Aoki, and is beautifully shot from a lyrical Japanese perspective.

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