The Dragon Painter
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The Dragon Painter is a 1919 silent romantic drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a tormented Japanese artist whose obsession with a mythical dragon transforms when he believes he has found its human incarnation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dragon Painter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499398 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dragon Painter Context triple: [Sessue Hayakawa, notableWork, The Dragon Painter]
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A.
Artland Dragons
Artland Dragons is a professional basketball club from Quakenbrück, Germany, known for competing in the country’s top leagues and European competitions.
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B.
The Dragon
The Dragon is the legendary Chinese table tennis player Ma Long, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most dominant players in the sport’s history.
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C.
The Dragon
The Dragon is a renowned martial arts school known for its rigorous training and emphasis on traditional fighting techniques.
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D.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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E.
The Dragon
The Dragon is the English name for "El Drac," the iconic mosaic salamander sculpture by Antoni Gaudí that serves as a colorful symbol of Barcelona’s Park Güell.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dragon Painter Target entity description: The Dragon Painter is a 1919 silent romantic drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a tormented Japanese artist whose obsession with a mythical dragon transforms when he believes he has found its human incarnation.
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A.
Artland Dragons
Artland Dragons is a professional basketball club from Quakenbrück, Germany, known for competing in the country’s top leagues and European competitions.
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B.
The Dragon
The Dragon is the legendary Chinese table tennis player Ma Long, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most dominant players in the sport’s history.
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C.
The Dragon
The Dragon is a renowned martial arts school known for its rigorous training and emphasis on traditional fighting techniques.
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D.
The Dragon
"The Dragon" is a track from Vangelis's 1979 electronic music album "China," blending synthesizer-driven soundscapes with an evocative, atmospheric style.
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E.
The Dragon
The Dragon is the English name for "El Drac," the iconic mosaic salamander sculpture by Antoni Gaudí that serves as a colorful symbol of Barcelona’s Park Güell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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black-and-white film ⓘ feature film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Dragon Painter (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Mary McNeil Fenollosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Tatsu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ume-ko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Frank D. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | William Worthington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic drama
ⓘ
silent drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmStarCouple | Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeadCharacterOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| includedIn | National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterTrait | tormented artist ⓘ |
| musicForRestoration | Mark Izu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Japanese art and folklore in a Hollywood production
ⓘ
prominent roles for Japanese actors in early American cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A reclusive Japanese artist obsessed with a mythical dragon believes he has found the dragon’s human incarnation in a woman, transforming his life and art. ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | preserved ⓘ |
| producer |
Haworth Pictures Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Haworth Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| registryReason | culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ |
| registrySelectionYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1919-09-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 53 ⓘ |
| setting | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Shirley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Peil Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Goro Kino NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Toyama Kishi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsuru Aoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
art and inspiration
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love as transformative force ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Richard Schayer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sidney Gilliat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dragon Painter Description of subject: The Dragon Painter is a 1919 silent romantic drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a tormented Japanese artist whose obsession with a mythical dragon transforms when he believes he has found its human incarnation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.