The Tong Man
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The Tong Man is a 1919 silent crime drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a Chinatown hitman torn between loyalty to a secret society and his love for a young woman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Tong Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499403 — 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 Tong Man Context triple: [Sessue Hayakawa, notableWork, The Tong Man]
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A.
Sau Mau Ping
Sau Mau Ping is a residential area and public housing estate cluster in Hong Kong known for its dense urban environment and large population.
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B.
Tai Yai
Tai Yai refers to the Shan people, a Tai ethnic group primarily inhabiting Myanmar’s Shan State and neighboring regions of Southeast Asia.
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C.
Kwu Tung
Kwu Tung is a developing area in Hong Kong’s New Territories known for its planned new town, residential projects, and transport links including a future MTR station.
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D.
Sip Song Chau Tai
Sip Song Chau Tai was a historical confederation of twelve Tai principalities in the northwest region of present-day Vietnam and parts of Laos, known for its semi-autonomous rule under local Tai lords.
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E.
Tung Chung
Tung Chung is a rapidly developing residential and commercial town on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, known for its proximity to the airport and the Ngong Ping 360 cable car.
- 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 Tong Man Target entity description: The Tong Man is a 1919 silent crime drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a Chinatown hitman torn between loyalty to a secret society and his love for a young woman.
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A.
Sau Mau Ping
Sau Mau Ping is a residential area and public housing estate cluster in Hong Kong known for its dense urban environment and large population.
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B.
Tai Yai
Tai Yai refers to the Shan people, a Tai ethnic group primarily inhabiting Myanmar’s Shan State and neighboring regions of Southeast Asia.
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C.
Kwu Tung
Kwu Tung is a developing area in Hong Kong’s New Territories known for its planned new town, residential projects, and transport links including a future MTR station.
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D.
Sip Song Chau Tai
Sip Song Chau Tai was a historical confederation of twelve Tai principalities in the northwest region of present-day Vietnam and parts of Laos, known for its semi-autonomous rule under local Tai lords.
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E.
Tung Chung
Tung Chung is a rapidly developing residential and commercial town on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, known for its proximity to the airport and the Ngong Ping 360 cable car.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime drama film
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feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Achmed Abdullah ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Frank D. Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director | William Worthington ⓘ |
| distributor | Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Chinatown hitman ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
duty versus desire
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loyalty ⓘ organized crime ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Sessue Hayakawa as a tong hitman ⓘ |
| leadCharacterAffiliation | secret tong society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Hollywood depiction of Chinatown tongs
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starring Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in a leading role ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| plotFocus | conflict between loyalty to a tong and romantic love ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant print held in film archives ⓘ |
| producer | Haworth Pictures Corporation ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Haworth Pictures Corporation ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1919-03-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 60 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | June Mathis ⓘ |
| setting | Chinatown ⓘ |
| starring |
Anna May Wong
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Goro Kino ⓘ Hayward Mack ⓘ Helen Jerome Eddy ⓘ Marc Roberts ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa ⓘ Toyo Fujita ⓘ Yutaka Abe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tong Man Description of subject: The Tong Man is a 1919 silent crime drama film starring Sessue Hayakawa as a Chinatown hitman torn between loyalty to a secret society and his love for a young woman.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.