Tatsu is a slightly delusional painter who lives in the wilderness. He spends his days painting nothing but the image of his love, a princess he believes to have been incarnated as a dragon. His work is noticed by a servant of Kano Indara, an aging master painter who has no male heir or disciple to pass his skills to. The servant brings Tatsu to Indara under the belief that Indara can help him find his princess in exchange for allowing Indara to pass his knowledge on to him. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Tatsu is a slightly delusional painter who lives in the wilderness. He spends his days painting nothing but the image of his love, a princess he believes to have been incarnated as a dragon. His work is noticed by a servant of Kano Indara, an aging master painter who has no male heir or disciple to pass his skills to. The servant brings Tatsu to Indara under the belief that Indara can help him find his princess in exchange for allowing Indara to pass his knowledge on to him. Once there, Tatsu is led to believe that Indara's daughter, Ume Ko, is the princess. Tatsu agrees to stay, but now that he has found his love he no longer has the inspiration to paint the masterpieces that he once produced. Ume Ko pretends to kill herself so that Tatsu can once again find inspiration through his sorrow, and once he regains this she reveals herself to him. He has learned that "love must be a slave to art", and they live out the rest of their days together, with Tatsu painting her as he once did.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe high concept film is also entertaining. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe most amazing thing about The Dragon Painter isn't so much that it has been rescued, restored and released on DVD, or that it's quite good, but that it ever existed at all |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Even the greatest of silent film enthusiasts will be hard pressed to recommend it... |
| Film-Forward.comKent TurnerThis disc offers two silent films of America's first Asian film star, both with memorably melodic musical scores. |
| User ReviewJoel AThis is truly a great silent film hayakawa is extraordinary the cinematography and art direction is sensational in this film....itz amazing they shot film in yosemite valley california and pulled it off like it was fuedal japan.....such a beautiful film 2 watch!! |
| User ReviewDave JFriday, April 12, 2013 (1919) Dragon Painter SILENT PERIOD ROMANCE DRAMA From a film that's slightly more than 1 hour long I was completely hooked after 11 minutes into it which the story centers on a love -sick painter who paints because he believes that the love of his life has turned into a dragon, and he waits for her by sitting on top of hills and ledges and paints. Meanwhile, back in Tokyo a well renown artist is seeking for someone who can paint that is equal to his since he wants to retire as he acknowledges that he's growing older seeking for someone to carry on his legacy. The two men are eventually going to meet. 3 out of 4 stars |
| User ReviewWalter M"The Dragon Painter" is a mesmerizing and tragically moving silent film about the obsessiveness and singlemindedness of artists, whose work often requires sacrifice.(Oh and be careful what you ask for. You might just get it.) Take Kano Indara(Edward Peil), for example. He is nearing the end of his days, wealthy in Tokyo, but sad that he does not have an heir to continue his work and unable to find a worthy successor, despite having a grown daughter, Ume-Ko(Tsuru Aoki). One day, his friend Uchida(Toyo Fujita), a surveyor, has a run in with Tatsu(Sessue Hayakawa), a supremely talented, if possibly mentally unbalanced painter who is convinced that his one true lady love has been trapped in the form of a dragon for the past thousand years and feels compelled to paint her day and night. Kino Indara is impressed with his artwork and invites him to his home, using his daughter as bait. |
| User ReviewMichael TBeautifully filmed and a rare chance to see Hayakawa in his glory days. |
| User ReviewJames-Masaki RSessue Hayakawa did not want to make stereotypical Asian character-looking movies turned out by Hollywood in the silent era. He decided to make his own company, shoot authentically looking Japanese settings and customs without stereotypes, and "The Dragon Painter" is one of those films that plays as a love story, accessible to an American audience, but then again, not quite Japanese. It is definitely worth seeing for its historical value of real Japanese-American cinema, something that is still very rare to these days. |
| User ReviewGreg MInteresting story about a talented artist who loses his talent when he gets married. She then fakes her death and his talent comes back. Now thats love! |
