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Sessue Hayakawa
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Sessue Hayakawa
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-06-10,Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Bridge on the River Kwai

7.8

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957-10-11

House of Bamboo

6.1

House of Bamboo
1955-07-01

The Honorable Friend

0

The Honorable Friend
1916-08-27

0

Temptation
1915-12-15

The City of Dim Faces

4

The City of Dim Faces
1918-07-15

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

0

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922-11-05

Hell to Eternity

6.6

Hell to Eternity
1960-08-01

6.4

The Geisha Boy
1958-11-02

6.6

Forfaiture
1937-11-24

5.6

Green Mansions
1959-03-19

Swiss Family Robinson

6.9

Swiss Family Robinson
1960-12-21

6.1

Tokyo Joe
1949-10-26

6

The Cheat
1915-12-13

Patrouille blanche

0

Patrouille blanche
1942-03-05

Le Soleil de minuit

0

Le Soleil de minuit
1943-06-30

0

Malaria
1943-06-30

Le Cabaret du Grand Large

0

Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946-10-30

Quartier chinois

0

Quartier chinois
1947-03-07

The Devil's Claim

0

The Devil's Claim
1920-05-02

The Dragon Painter

6.4

The Dragon Painter
1919-09-28

Three Came Home

6.7

Three Came Home
1950-02-20

Daughter of the Dragon

5.1

Daughter of the Dragon
1931-09-24

The Wrath of the Gods

6.2

The Wrath of the Gods
1914-06-08

John Gunther's High Road

10

John Gunther's High Road
1959-09-07

5.7

The Tong Man
1919-12-14

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

5.6

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019-10-13

The Last of the Line

6.7

The Last of the Line
1914-12-24

8

Yoshiwara
1937-06-23

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

0

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958-01-01

0

The Typhoon
1914-10-10

4.8

The Daydreamer
1966-06-01

Running Hollywood

0

Running Hollywood
1932-01-27

2.5

The Death Mask
1914-09-25

The Daughter of the Samurai

5.3

The Daughter of the Samurai
1937-02-04

0

The Clue
1915-07-08

The Motherland Far Far Away

0

The Motherland Far Far Away
1950-03-05

The Secret Game

5.5

The Secret Game
1917-12-03

5.2

His Birthright
1918-09-08

0

悲劇の将軍山下奉文
1953-04-29

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

0

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950-11-03

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

0

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950-11-14

The Frozen Moment

0

The Frozen Moment
1964-03-09

0

The Bottle Imp
1917-03-25

6.4

Gambling Hell
1942-04-11

The Courageous Coward

0

The Courageous Coward
1919-03-31

The Man Beneath

6

The Man Beneath
1919-07-05

Tempête sur l'Asie

0

Tempête sur l'Asie
1938-04-20

The Call of the East

0

The Call of the East
1917-10-15

The Great Prince Shan

0

The Great Prince Shan
1924-05-01

0

47 Vendettas
1953-03-31

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

0

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921-02-22

The Victoria Cross

0

The Victoria Cross
1916-12-14

0

The Battle
1923-12-23

0

Lover's Duet
1967-09-30

0

The Big Wave
1961-04-02

The Temple Of Dusk

1

The Temple Of Dusk
1918-10-20

0

The Secret Sin
1915-10-21

Where Lights Are Low

5

Where Lights Are Low
1921-09-04

0

Li Ting Lang
1920-07-24

An Arabian Knight

0

An Arabian Knight
1920-08-22

Forbidden Paths

0

Forbidden Paths
1917-07-12

0

Hidden Pearls
1918-02-18

The White Man's Law

0

The White Man's Law
1918-05-06

0

The First Born
1921-01-30

The Honor of His House

0

The Honor of His House
1918-04-01

0

Black Roses
1921-05-22

0

Bonds of Honor
1919-10-04

0

The Swamp
1921-10-30

Sen Yan’s Devotion

0

Sen Yan’s Devotion
1924-07-01

0

O Mimi san
1914-02-05

The Love Goddesses

6.3

The Love Goddesses
1965-03-03

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

4.9

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23

0

I Have Killed
1924-10-25

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

0

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
1931-11-19

A Heart in Pawn

0

A Heart in Pawn
1919-03-20

The Bravest Way

0

The Bravest Way
1918-06-16

0

Banzai
1918-10-01

Night Life in Hollywood

0

Night Life in Hollywood
1922-11-15

The Vermilion Pencil

0

The Vermilion Pencil
1922-03-19

0

After Five
1915-01-28

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

0

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002-05-07

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

0

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960-12-18

0

Taikouki
1965-01-03

Asian Americans

0

Asian Americans
2020-05-11