AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3663, 29 December 1920, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THE KING'S. SBSSUE HAYAKAWA. The Tong Man, featuring Bessue Hayakawa, has been passed by the censor as being suitable more especially for adults. Taken under the protection and assistance of the Frisco police, it is a startling expose , of San Francisco \s Chinatown's > mystic rnaye—the wars of the Toffgs and the particular activities of the dreaded Hatchmen. See and hear for yourself how an audience will gasp aloud —and a few will scream — at one of the scenes in "The Tong Man'-'—the most seTisatidnal picture ever screened. A riot in Chinatown when the police raid the headquarters of The Secret Tong. Scssuu Hayakawa in daredevil /stunt's—flumping" 'off roofs, skidding "fire-escapes, Crashing through skylights and rescuing his Chinese sweetheart. How a lascar sailor "gets" his man by hurling a knife into his victim's back, A secret meeting of tte Notorious Tong —the Chinese Blaek.hand Society in session. Realistic and graphic scenes in the hop joints and,gambling dens of the underworld of Chinatown. A spectacular and realistic drama of Chinese mystery, intrigue and blackmail. Sessue Hayakawa, as the hatchet man of the tong, in the most exciting and grippini play of his career.