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.
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 (Movies)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2019
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/05/2007
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:07/05/2002
Lover's Duet
Character:Tajima
Release Date:30/09/1967
The Daydreamer
Character:The Mole (voice)
Release Date:01/06/1966
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
The Frozen Moment
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/1964
The Big Wave
Character:The Old Man
Release Date:02/04/1961
Swiss Family Robinson
Character:Kuala, Pirate Chief
Release Date:21/12/1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Character:
Release Date:18/12/1960
Hell to Eternity
Character:General Matsui
Release Date:01/08/1960
John Gunther's High Road
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/1959
Green Mansions
Character:Runi
Release Date:19/03/1959
The Geisha Boy
Character:Mr. Sikita
Release Date:02/11/1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1958
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Character:Col. Saito
Release Date:11/10/1957
House of Bamboo
Character:Inspector Kito
Release Date:01/07/1955
日本敗れず
Character:
Release Date:26/10/1954
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Character:Tomoyuki Yamashita
Release Date:29/04/1953
47 Vendettas
Character:Sakon Tachibana
Release Date:31/03/1953
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Character:
Release Date:14/11/1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Character:
Release Date:03/11/1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Character:Joe Hayami
Release Date:05/03/1950
Three Came Home
Character:Colonel Michio Suga
Release Date:20/02/1950
Tokyo Joe
Character:Baron Kimura
Release Date:26/10/1949
Quartier chinois
Character:Tchang
Release Date:07/03/1947
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Character:Professeur Wang
Release Date:30/10/1946
Le Soleil de minuit
Character:Matsui
Release Date:30/06/1943
Malaria
Character:
Release Date:30/06/1943
Gambling Hell
Character:Ying Tchaï
Release Date:11/04/1942
Patrouille blanche
Character:
Release Date:05/03/1942
Tempête sur l'Asie
Character:Prinz Ling
Release Date:20/04/1938
Forfaiture
Character:Prince Hu-Long
Release Date:24/11/1937
Yoshiwara
Character:Ysamo, Kuli
Release Date:23/06/1937
The Daughter of the Samurai
Character:Iwao Yamato
Release Date:04/02/1937
The Sun Rises from the East
Character:Kenji
Release Date:30/06/1932
Running Hollywood
Character:Sessue Hayakawa
Release Date:27/01/1932
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/1931
Daughter of the Dragon
Character:Ah Kee
Release Date:24/09/1931
I Have Killed
Character:Hideo
Release Date:25/10/1924
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Character:Sen Yan
Release Date:01/07/1924
The Danger Line
Character:Marquis Yorisaka
Release Date:26/05/1924
The Great Prince Shan
Character:Prince Shan
Release Date:01/05/1924
The Battle
Character:Le Marquis Yorisaka
Release Date:23/12/1923
Night Life in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Character:Self
Release Date:05/11/1922
The Vermilion Pencil
Character:Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
Release Date:19/03/1922
Five Days to Live
Character:Tai Leung
Release Date:08/01/1922
The Swamp
Character:Wang
Release Date:30/10/1921
Where Lights Are Low
Character:T''Su Wong Shih
Release Date:04/09/1921
Black Roses
Character:Yoda
Release Date:22/05/1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Character:Himself
Release Date:22/02/1921
The First Born
Character:Chan Wang
Release Date:30/01/1921
An Arabian Knight
Character:Ahmed
Release Date:22/08/1920
Li Ting Lang
Character:Li Ting Lang
Release Date:24/07/1920
The Devil's Claim
Character:Akbar Khan / Hassan
Release Date:02/05/1920
The Brand of Lopez
Character:Vasco Lopez
Release Date:11/04/1920
The Beggar Prince
Character:Nikki / Prince
Release Date:25/01/1920
The Tong Man
Character:Luk Chen
Release Date:14/12/1919
The Illustrious Prince
Character:Prince Maiyo
Release Date:02/11/1919
Bonds of Honor
Character:Yamashito / Sasamoto
Release Date:04/10/1919
The Dragon Painter
Character:Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
Release Date:28/09/1919
The Gray Horizon
Character:Yamo Masata
Release Date:18/08/1919
The Man Beneath
Character:Dr. Chindi Ashutor
Release Date:05/07/1919
His Debt
Character:Goto Mariyama
Release Date:25/05/1919
The Courageous Coward
Character:Suki Iota
Release Date:31/03/1919
A Heart in Pawn
Character:Tomaya
Release Date:20/03/1919
The Temple Of Dusk
Character:Akira
Release Date:20/10/1918
Banzai
Character:The American General
Release Date:01/10/1918
His Birthright
Character:Yukio
Release Date:08/09/1918
The City of Dim Faces
Character:Jang Lung
Release Date:15/07/1918
The Bravest Way
Character:Kara Tamura
Release Date:16/06/1918
The White Man's Law
Character:John A. Genghis
Release Date:06/05/1918
The Honor of His House
Character:Count Ito Onato
Release Date:01/04/1918
Hidden Pearls
Character:Tom Garvin
Release Date:18/02/1918
The Secret Game
Character:Nara-Nara
Release Date:03/12/1917
The Call of the East
Character:Arai Takada
Release Date:15/10/1917
Hashimura Togo
Character:Hashimura Togo
Release Date:19/08/1917
Forbidden Paths
Character:Sato
Release Date:12/07/1917
The Jaguar's Claws
Character:El Jaguar
Release Date:11/06/1917
The Bottle Imp
Character:Lopaka
Release Date:25/03/1917
Each to His Kind
Character:Rhandah
Release Date:05/02/1917
The Victoria Cross
Character:Azimoolah
Release Date:14/12/1916
The Soul of Kura San
Character:Toyo
Release Date:30/10/1916
The Honorable Friend
Character:Makino
Release Date:27/08/1916
Alien Souls
Character:Sakata
Release Date:11/05/1916
Temptation
Character:Opera Admirer
Release Date:15/12/1915
The Cheat
Character:Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Release Date:13/12/1915
The Secret Sin
Character:Lin Foo
Release Date:21/10/1915
The Clue
Character:Nogi
Release Date:08/07/1915
The Chinatown Mystery
Character:Yo Hong
Release Date:10/02/1915
After Five
Character:Oki - the Valet
Release Date:28/01/1915
The Last of the Line
Character:Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
Release Date:24/12/1914
The Typhoon
Character:Tokorama
Release Date:10/10/1914
The Death Mask
Character:Running Wolf
Release Date:25/09/1914
The Wrath of the Gods
Character:Lord Yamaki
Release Date:08/06/1914
O Mimi san
Character:Yorotomo
Release Date:05/02/1914
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