The Toll of the Sea
For every joy the sea casts up, it takes a toll of twice that joy in sorrow.
DramaRomancesuicideculture clashbased on play or musicalsilent filmmixed race childpartially lost filmmixed race marriagechinese girlrestored
A tragic silent-era romance that uses a cross-cultural love story to explore the collision between desire and social prejudice, ending in sorrow.
A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.
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