Sessue Hayakawa
Known for: Acting
Born: June 10, 1889
Died: November 23, 1973
Place of birth: Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
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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Filmography
97 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Asian Americans
2020
5.7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
4.3
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
NR
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
NR
Lover's Duet
1967
5.1
The Daydreamer
1966
NR
Taikouki
1965
NR
The Frozen Moment
1964
10.0
The Big Wave
1961
6.8
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
NR
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
6.3
Hell to Eternity
1960
10.0
John Gunther's High Road
1959
5.7
Green Mansions
1959
6.4
The Geisha Boy
1958
NR
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
6.2
House of Bamboo
1955
7.0
日本敗れず
1954
NR
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
1953
NR
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953
NR
47 Vendettas
1953
7.0
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
19509.0
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
7.0
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
6.7
Three Came Home
1950
6.1
Tokyo Joe
1949
7.0
Quartier chinois
1947
10.0
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946
8.0
Le Soleil de minuit
1943
8.0
Malaria
1943
6.8
Gambling Hell
1942
7.0
Patrouille blanche
1942
9.0
Tempête sur l'Asie
1938
6.6
Forfaiture
1937
6.0
Yoshiwara
1937
6.0
The Daughter of the Samurai
19377.0
The Sun Rises from the East
19329.0
Running Hollywood
1932
10.0
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
5.3
Daughter of the Dragon
19319.0
I Have Killed
192410.0
Sen Yan’s Devotion
1924
8.0
The Danger Line
1924
10.0
The Great Prince Shan
1924
10.0
The Battle
1923
7.0
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
NR
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922
10.0
The Vermilion Pencil
1922
9.0
Five Days to Live
1922
8.0
The Swamp
1921
5.7
Where Lights Are Low
1921
9.0
Black Roses
1921
NR
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
7.0
The First Born
1921
7.0
An Arabian Knight
1920
8.0
Li Ting Lang
1920
9.0
The Devil's Claim
1920
7.0
The Brand of Lopez
1920
9.0
The Beggar Prince
1920
6.1
The Tong Man
1919
8.0
The Illustrious Prince
1919
8.0
Bonds of Honor
1919
6.5
The Dragon Painter
1919
9.0
The Gray Horizon
1919
6.3
The Man Beneath
1919
9.0
His Debt
1919
8.0
The Courageous Coward
1919
8.0
A Heart in Pawn
1919
1.0
The Temple Of Dusk
19188.0
Banzai
1918
6.2
His Birthright
1918
3.3
The City of Dim Faces
1918
NR
The Bravest Way
1918NR
The White Man's Law
1918
NR
The Honor of His House
1918
NR
Hidden Pearls
1918
5.6
The Secret Game
1917
NR
The Call of the East
1917
NR
Hashimura Togo
1917
NR
Forbidden Paths
1917
NR
The Jaguar's Claws
1917
NR
The Bottle Imp
1917
NR
Each to His Kind
1917
NR
The Victoria Cross
1916
10.0
The Soul of Kura San
1916
NR
The Honorable Friend
1916
NR
Alien Souls
1916
NR
Temptation
1915
6.0
The Cheat
1915
NR
The Secret Sin
1915
NR
The Clue
1915
10.0
The Chinatown Mystery
1915
NR
After Five
1915
6.8
The Last of the Line
1914
NR
The Typhoon
1914
6.3
The Death Mask
1914
6.2
The Wrath of the Gods
1914
NR
O Mimi san
1914