Sessue Hayakawa
Acting
1889-06-10 · 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.
Filmography
Asian Americans
2020 · Series
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019 · Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Movie
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002 · Movie
Hollywood
1980 · Series
Lover's Duet
1967 · Movie
The Daydreamer
1966 · Movie
Taikouki
1965 · Series
The Frozen Moment
1964 · Movie
The Big Wave
1961 · Movie
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 · Movie
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960 · Movie
Hell to Eternity
1960 · Movie
John Gunther's High Road
1959 · Movie
Green Mansions
1959 · Movie
The Geisha Boy
1958 · Movie
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958 · Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Movie
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
House of Bamboo
1955 · Movie
日本敗れず
1954 · Movie
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
1953 · Movie
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953 · Movie
47 Vendettas
1953 · Movie
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950 · Movie
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950 · Movie
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 · Movie
Three Came Home
1950 · Movie
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Movie
Quartier chinois
1947 · Movie
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946 · Movie
Le Soleil de minuit
1943 · Movie
Malaria
1943 · Movie
Gambling Hell
1942 · Movie
Patrouille blanche
1942 · Movie
Tempête sur l'Asie
1938 · Movie
Forfaiture
1937 · Movie
Yoshiwara
1937 · Movie
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937 · Movie
The Sun Rises from the East
1932 · Movie
Running Hollywood
1932 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931 · Movie
Daughter of the Dragon
1931 · Movie
I Have Killed
1924 · Movie
Sen Yan’s Devotion
1924 · Movie
The Danger Line
1924 · Movie
The Great Prince Shan
1924 · Movie
The Battle
1923 · Movie
Night Life in Hollywood
1922 · Movie
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922 · Movie
The Vermilion Pencil
1922 · Movie
Five Days to Live
1922 · Movie
The Swamp
1921 · Movie
Where Lights Are Low
1921 · Movie
Black Roses
1921 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921 · Movie
The First Born
1921 · Movie
An Arabian Knight
1920 · Movie
Li Ting Lang
1920 · Movie
The Devil's Claim
1920 · Movie
The Brand of Lopez
1920 · Movie
The Beggar Prince
1920 · Movie
The Tong Man
1919 · Movie
The Illustrious Prince
1919 · Movie
Bonds of Honor
1919 · Movie
The Dragon Painter
1919 · Movie
The Gray Horizon
1919 · Movie
The Man Beneath
1919 · Movie
His Debt
1919 · Movie
The Courageous Coward
1919 · Movie
A Heart in Pawn
1919 · Movie
The Temple Of Dusk
1918 · Movie
Banzai
1918 · Movie
His Birthright
1918 · Movie
The City of Dim Faces
1918 · Movie
The Bravest Way
1918 · Movie
The White Man's Law
1918 · Movie
The Honor of His House
1918 · Movie
Hidden Pearls
1918 · Movie
The Secret Game
1917 · Movie
The Call of the East
1917 · Movie
Hashimura Togo
1917 · Movie
Forbidden Paths
1917 · Movie
The Jaguar's Claws
1917 · Movie
The Bottle Imp
1917 · Movie
Each to His Kind
1917 · Movie
The Victoria Cross
1916 · Movie
The Soul of Kura San
1916 · Movie
The Honorable Friend
1916 · Movie
Alien Souls
1916 · Movie
Temptation
1915 · Movie
The Cheat
1915 · Movie
The Secret Sin
1915 · Movie
The Clue
1915 · Movie
The Chinatown Mystery
1915 · Movie
After Five
1915 · Movie
The Last of the Line
1914 · Movie
The Typhoon
1914 · Movie
The Death Mask
1914 · Movie
The Wrath of the Gods
1914 · Movie
O Mimi san
1914 · Movie