Sessue Hayakawa
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.
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Movies (97)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019 · (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002 · Self (archive)
Lover's Duet
1967 · Tajima
The Daydreamer
1966 · The Mole (voice)
The Frozen Moment
1964 · Self
The Big Wave
1961 · The Old Man
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 · Kuala, Pirate Chief
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Hell to Eternity
1960 · General Matsui
John Gunther's High Road
1959 · Self
Green Mansions
1959 · Runi
The Geisha Boy
1958 · Mr. Sikita
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958 · Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Col. Saito
House of Bamboo
1955 · Inspector Kito
日本敗れず
1954
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
1953 · Awanokami Katsu
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953 · Tomoyuki Yamashita
47 Vendettas
1953 · Sakon Tachibana
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 · Joe Hayami
Three Came Home
1950 · Colonel Michio Suga
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Baron Kimura
Quartier chinois
1947 · Tchang
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946 · Professeur Wang
Le Soleil de minuit
1943 · Matsui
Malaria
1943
Gambling Hell
1942 · Ying Tchaï
Patrouille blanche
1942
Tempête sur l'Asie
1938 · Prinz Ling
Forfaiture
1937 · Prince Hu-Long
Yoshiwara
1937 · Ysamo, Kuli
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937 · Iwao Yamato
The Sun Rises from the East
1932 · Kenji, Director
Running Hollywood
1932 · Sessue Hayakawa
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931 · Self
Daughter of the Dragon
1931 · Ah Kee
I Have Killed
1924 · Hideo
Sen Yan’s Devotion
1924 · Sen Yan
The Danger Line
1924 · Marquis Yorisaka
The Great Prince Shan
1924 · Prince Shan
The Battle
1923 · Le Marquis Yorisaka, Director
Night Life in Hollywood
1922 · Self
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922 · Self
The Vermilion Pencil
1922 · Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
Five Days to Live
1922 · Tai Leung
The Swamp
1921 · Wang, Story
Where Lights Are Low
1921 · T''Su Wong Shih, Producer
Black Roses
1921 · Yoda, Producer
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921 · Himself
The First Born
1921 · Chan Wang, Producer
An Arabian Knight
1920 · Ahmed
Li Ting Lang
1920 · Li Ting Lang
The Devil's Claim
1920 · Akbar Khan / Hassan
The Brand of Lopez
1920 · Vasco Lopez
The Beggar Prince
1920 · Nikki / Prince
The Tong Man
1919 · Luk Chen
The Illustrious Prince
1919 · Prince Maiyo
Bonds of Honor
1919 · Yamashito / Sasamoto
The Dragon Painter
1919 · Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
The Gray Horizon
1919 · Yamo Masata
The Man Beneath
1919 · Dr. Chindi Ashutor
His Debt
1919 · Goto Mariyama
The Courageous Coward
1919 · Suki Iota
A Heart in Pawn
1919 · Tomaya
The Temple Of Dusk
1918 · Akira
Banzai
1918 · The American General
His Birthright
1918 · Yukio, Producer, Story
The City of Dim Faces
1918 · Jang Lung
The Bravest Way
1918 · Kara Tamura
The White Man's Law
1918 · John A. Genghis
The Honor of His House
1918 · Count Ito Onato
Hidden Pearls
1918 · Tom Garvin
The Secret Game
1917 · Nara-Nara
The Call of the East
1917 · Arai Takada
Hashimura Togo
1917 · Hashimura Togo
Forbidden Paths
1917 · Sato
The Jaguar's Claws
1917 · El Jaguar
The Bottle Imp
1917 · Lopaka
Each to His Kind
1917 · Rhandah
The Victoria Cross
1916 · Azimoolah
The Soul of Kura San
1916 · Toyo
The Honorable Friend
1916 · Makino
Alien Souls
1916 · Sakata
Temptation
1915 · Opera Admirer
The Cheat
1915 · Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
The Secret Sin
1915 · Lin Foo
The Clue
1915 · Nogi
The Chinatown Mystery
1915 · Yo Hong
After Five
1915 · Oki - the Valet
The Last of the Line
1914 · Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
The Typhoon
1914 · Tokorama
The Death Mask
1914 · Running Wolf
The Wrath of the Gods
1914 · Lord Yamaki
O Mimi san
1914 · Yorotomo
