Strong cast in a story about a Japanese naval officer (Boyer) who forces his wife to mimic western ways. Boyer is so ambitious that he manipulates and forces his delicate wife, Oberon, into an extramarital dalliance with Loder, the British naval attache who is aboard Boyer's vessel as an
observer. There are Japanese naval maneuvers taking place and Boyer wants to learn what Loder thinks of them. He uses his wife as a pawn in the intelligence game. In order to get to read Loder's report on the maneuvers, Boyer arranges a liaison between his wife and Loder. In the end, Loder dies in
an explosion and Boyer commits hara-kiri over having betrayed Oberon, whom he truly l...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins