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Sessue Hayakawa
Born · June 10, 1889
Died · November 23, 1973 (84 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Bio
Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1889 – November 23, 1973) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe. Between the mid-1910s and the late 1920s, he was as well known as actors Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. He was one of the highest paid stars of his time; making $5,000 a week in 1915, and $2 million a year via his own production company during the 1920s. He starred in over 80 movies and has two films in the U.S. National Film Registry. His international stardom transitioned both silent films and talkies. Of his English-language films, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Colonel Saito in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, for which he received a nomination for Academy Award Best Supporting Actor in 1957. He also appeared as the pirate leader in Disney's Swiss Family Robinson in 1960. In addition to his film acting career, Hayakawa was a theatre actor, film and theatre producer, film director, screenwriter, novelist, martial artist, and an ordained Zen master. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sessue Hayakawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Asian Americans
Self · (5 episodes)
0.0
2020
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
5.5
2019
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
4.9
2007
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
0.0
2002
Lover's Duet
Tajima
0.0
1967
The Daydreamer
The Mole (voice)
5.0
1966
Taikouki
Takeda Shingen · (52 episodes)
0.0
1965
The Frozen Moment
Self
0.0
1964
The Big Wave
The Old Man
0.0
1961
Swiss Family Robinson
Kuala, Pirate Chief
6.9
1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
0.0
1960
Hell to Eternity
General Matsui
6.6
1960
John Gunther's High Road
Self
10.0
1959
Green Mansions
Runi
5.9
1959
The Geisha Boy
Mr. Sikita
6.4
1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
0.0
1958
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Saito
7.8
1957
House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito
6.1
1955
悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
0.0
1953
47 Vendettas
Sakon Tachibana
0.0
1953
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
0.0
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
0.0
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Joe Hayami
0.0
1950
Three Came Home
Colonel Michio Suga
6.7
1950
Tokyo Joe
Baron Kimura
6.1
1949
Quartier chinois
Tchang
0.0
1947
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Professeur Wang
0.0
1946
Le Soleil de minuit
Matsui
0.0
1943
Malaria
0.0
1943
Gambling Hell
Ying Tchaï
6.4
1942
Patrouille blanche
0.0
1942
Tempête sur l'Asie
Prinz Ling
0.0
1938
Forfaiture
Prince Hu-Long
6.6
1937
Yoshiwara
Ysamo, Kuli
8.0
1937
The Daughter of the Samurai
Iwao Yamato
5.3
1937
Running Hollywood
Sessue Hayakawa
0.0
1932
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
0.0
1931
Daughter of the Dragon
Ah Kee
5.1
1931
I Have Killed
Hideo
0.0
1924
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Sen Yan
0.0
1924
The Great Prince Shan
Prince Shan
0.0
1924
The Battle
Le Marquis Yorisaka
0.0
1923
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
0.0
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
0.0
1922
The Vermilion Pencil
Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
0.0
1922
The Swamp
Wang
0.0
1921
Where Lights Are Low
T''Su Wong Shih
5.0
1921
Black Roses
Yoda
0.0
1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
0.0
1921
The First Born
Chan Wang
0.0
1921
An Arabian Knight
Ahmed
0.0
1920
Li Ting Lang
Li Ting Lang
0.0
1920
The Devil's Claim
Akbar Khan / Hassan
0.0
1920
The Tong Man
Luk Chen
5.7
1919
Bonds of Honor
Yamashito / Sasamoto
0.0
1919
The Dragon Painter
Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
6.3
1919
The Man Beneath
Dr. Chindi Ashutor
6.0
1919
The Courageous Coward
Suki Iota
0.0
1919
A Heart in Pawn
Tomaya
0.0
1919
The Temple Of Dusk
Akira
1.0
1918
Banzai
The American General
0.0
1918
His Birthright
Yukio
5.2
1918
The City of Dim Faces
Jang Lung
4.0
1918
The Bravest Way
Kara Tamura
0.0
1918
The White Man's Law
John A. Genghis
0.0
1918
The Honor of His House
Count Ito Onato
0.0
1918
Hidden Pearls
Tom Garvin
0.0
1918
The Secret Game
Nara-Nara
5.5
1917
The Call of the East
Arai Takada
0.0
1917
Forbidden Paths
Sato
0.0
1917
The Bottle Imp
Lopaka
0.0
1917
Each to His Kind
Rhandah
0.0
1917
The Victoria Cross
Azimoolah
0.0
1916
The Soul of Kura San
Toyo
0.0
1916
The Honorable Friend
Makino
0.0
1916
Temptation
Opera Admirer
0.0
1915
The Cheat
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
5.9
1915
The Secret Sin
Lin Foo
0.0
1915
The Clue
Nogi
0.0
1915
After Five
Oki - the Valet
0.0
1915
The Last of the Line
Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
6.6
1914
The Typhoon
Tokorama
0.0
1914
The Death Mask
Running Wolf
2.5
1914
The Wrath of the Gods
Lord Yamaki
6.2
1914
O Mimi san
Yorotomo
0.0
1914