The Soul of Kura San
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The Soul of Kura San is a silent-era film featuring pioneering Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in one of his significant early screen roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Soul of Kura San canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499422 — 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 Soul of Kura San Context triple: [Sessue Hayakawa, notableWork, The Soul of Kura San]
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A.
Oreshura
Oreshura is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel and anime series that follows a high school boy roped into a fake relationship with a popular girl to fend off unwanted romantic attention.
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B.
Okutama
Okutama is a mountainous town in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas at the headwaters of the Tama River.
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C.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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E.
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai is a Grammy-winning series of ambient and New Age albums by Japanese composer Kitaro, inspired by the spiritual pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Kūkai.
- 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 Soul of Kura San Target entity description: The Soul of Kura San is a silent-era film featuring pioneering Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in one of his significant early screen roles.
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A.
Oreshura
Oreshura is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel and anime series that follows a high school boy roped into a fake relationship with a popular girl to fend off unwanted romantic attention.
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B.
Okutama
Okutama is a mountainous town in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas at the headwaters of the Tama River.
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C.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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E.
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai is a Grammy-winning series of ambient and New Age albums by Japanese composer Kitaro, inspired by the spiritual pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Kūkai.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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film actor ⓘ person ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresActor | Sessue Hayakawa ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | Sessue Hayakawa ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
Japanese characters
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cross‑cultural themes ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| medium | black‑and‑white film ⓘ |
| notableFor | early screen role of Sessue Hayakawa ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Soul of Kura San ⓘ |
| productionEra | silent era ⓘ |
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 Soul of Kura San Description of subject: The Soul of Kura San is a silent-era film featuring pioneering Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in one of his significant early screen roles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Soul of Kura San