Japanese poet Akira living in Tokyo, loves American Ruth Vale, who was placed in the care of Akira's father when her missionary parents died. Ruth returns Akira's affections until she meets Edward, but the American proves an unfaithful husband. Three years later, Ruth is gravely ill while Edward amuses himself with his new lover, Adrienne Chester, but Akira comforts the dying woman with the promise that he will protect her little daughter Blossom.
Sessue Hayakawa
as Akira
Jane Novak
as Ruth Vale
Mary Jane Irving
as Blossom
Sylvia Breamer
as Adrienne Chester
Henry A. Barrows
as Pembroke Wilson
Louis Willoughby
as Edward Markham
