Film

Five Days to Live

1922 · 1h · Drama

Tai Leung, a young man who dreams of love and carves ivory images, falls in love with the pretty Kao Ai. Her cruel foster father owns a restaurant where she works, and he overworks and mistreats her. She blossoms when she meets Tai Leung, who is determined to rescue her from her hard life. Her foster father agrees to let her go, but only if Tai pays him a large sum of money. Desperate for money, Tai learns of a condemned pirate, "The Wolf," who has been sentenced to hang and will pay a lot of money for a substitute, and Tai agrees to take The Wolf's place on the gallows to ensure Ko Ai's happiness. However, things don't work out quite the way Tai planned.

Sessue Hayakawa

Tai Leung

Tsuru Aoki

Ko Ai

Goro Kino

Chong Wo

Misao Seki

Li

Toyo Fujita

Young Foo

George Kuwa

Hop Sing

• Norman DawnDirector
• Garrett FortWriter
• Dorothy GoodfellowWriter
• Eve UnsellWriter

Release date

January 8, 1922

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Genres

Drama