The Tong Man (1919)
1919 · Silent film · 21 min · dir. William Worthington
- Drama
- Crime
Synopsis
In San Francisco's Chinatown, the Bo Sing Tong are a secret society, shaking down merchants, running opium, committing murder. Ming Tai is their boss and a dirty old man; Luk Chan is their enforcer, in love with Sen Chee, the daughter of Louis Toy, a merchant whose bazaar is a front for the opium trade. The Bo Sing want money from Toy; he refuses to pay. They send Luk to kill him. Meanwhile, Ming has designs on Sen Chee and tries to make a deal with Toy: Toy's life in exchange for Sen Chee's hand. Watching Luk's back is Lucero, a sweet but murderous sailor. Are Luk's dreams of saving money, marrying Sen Chee, and returning to China pipe dreams? Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- William Worthington
- Writer
- Clyde Westover
- Cinematography
- Frank D. Williams
- Studio
- Haworth Pictures Corporation
- Released
- 1919-12-14
- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
William Worthington Director
Sessue Hayakawa
Helen Jerome Eddy
Marc Roberts
Toyo Fujita- Yutaka Abe