25 March 1917 Fantasy, Drama 50 mins
Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless Lopaka can bring him two feather cloaks from a rare bird. While searching the mountains for the bird, Lopaka encounters a dying priest of Pele who sells him a wishing bottle in which Kono, the god of the volcanos, is confined.
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Sessue Hayakawa as Lopaka
Lehua Waipahu as Kokua
H. Komshi as Keano
George Kuwa as Makale
Guy Oliver as Rollins
James Neill as A Priest
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United States 25 March 1917
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