i was also pretty bummed that this wasnt as adult as i thought it was going to be - its just YA dressed up a little bit.īut even with the little hiccups, i liked this more than i didnt. i felt very conflicated while reading because i was enjoying the story, but i just couldnt wait for it to end. there is a lot going on plot-wise, but the pacing is just sooo slow. overall, the storytelling is pretty top-notch and theres a lot to like about this.īut man, i just cant get over how dragged out it all feels. the magic system is also super cool, the world-building is unique, and the different heirs feel like real people. and that kind of immersive writing definitely stays throughout the story. its the right combination of mystery, imagery, and darkness. I will say this book starts off with a bang. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 3, of the scene with the wife at the mantle and her lover on the couch and the first kissing scene between wife and lover where Akira discovers them.This is wayyyy too long for a first installment and its definitely YA, not adult, but im pretty sure i still liked it overall? Like many American films of the time, The Temple of Dusk was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. Barrows as Pembroke Wilson (credited as Henry Barrows) An allegorical scene shows Akira and Ruth entering the Temple of Dusk together. He escapes from prison to visit the child and is shot by a guard.
Akira agrees to accompany the child and father to America, and when the American is accused of the murder of a man who entered his home, Akira assumes the guilt. Three years elapse and Ruth dies of an illness, leaving a baby in the poet's care. He is much saddened, however, when she marries an American.
Plot Īs described in a film magazine, Akira (Hayakawa), a Japanese poet who lives in Tokyo, falls in love with an American, Ruth Vale (Novak), who has grown to womanhood under his father's care.
It was produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. The Temple of Dusk is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young.
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