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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.
Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
Movie | Lover's Duet | Tajima | 1967-09-30 |
Movie | The Daydreamer | The Mole (voice) | 1966-06-01 |
Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | The Big Wave | The Old Man | 1961-04-02 |
Movie | Hell to Eternity | General Matsui | 1960-08-01 |
Movie | Swiss Family Robinson | Kuala, Pirate Chief | 1960-12-21 |
Movie | Green Mansions | Runi | 1959-03-19 |
Movie | The Geisha Boy | Mr. Sikita | 1958-11-02 |
Movie | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Saito | 1957-10-11 |
Movie | House of Bamboo | Inspector Kito | 1955-07-01 |
Movie | 47 Vendettas | Sakon Tachibana | 1953-03-31 |
Movie | The Motherland Far Far Away | 1950-03-05 | |
Movie | Three Came Home | Colonel Michio Suga | 1950-02-20 |
Movie | Tokyo Joe | Baron Kimura | 1949-10-26 |
Movie | Le Cabaret du Grand Large | Professeur Wang | 1946-10-30 |
Movie | Le Soleil de minuit | Matsui | 1943-06-30 |
Movie | Gambling Hell | Ying Tchaï | 1942-04-11 |
Movie | Patrouille blanche | 1942-03-05 | |
Movie | Tempête sur l'Asie | Prinz Ling | 1938-04-20 |
Movie | The Daughter of the Samurai | Iwao Yamato | 1937-02-04 |
Movie | Forfaiture | Prince Hu-Long | 1937-11-24 |
Movie | Yoshiwara | Ysamo, Kuli | 1937-06-23 |
Movie | Running Hollywood | Sessue Hayakawa | 1932-01-27 |
Movie | Daughter of the Dragon | Ah Kee | 1931-09-05 |
Movie | Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks | Self | 1931-11-19 |
Movie | The Great Prince Shan | Prince Shan | 1924-05-01 |
Movie | Sen Yan’s Devotion | Sen Yan | 1924-07-01 |
Movie | I Have Killed | Hideo | 1924-10-25 |
Movie | The Battle | Le Marquis Yorisaka | 1923-12-23 |
Movie | Night Life in Hollywood | Self | 1922-11-15 |
Movie | The First Born | Chan Wang | 1921-01-30 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Himself | 1921-02-22 |
Movie | The Swamp | Wang | 1921-10-30 |
Movie | Black Roses | Yoda | 1921-05-22 |
Movie | Where Lights Are Low | T''Su Wong Shih | 1921-09-04 |
Movie | The Devil's Claim | Akbar Khan / Hassan | 1920-05-02 |
Movie | Li Ting Lang | Li Ting Lang | 1920-07-24 |
Movie | An Arabian Knight | Ahmed | 1920-08-22 |
Movie | The Courageous Coward | Suki Iota | 1919-03-31 |
Movie | The Man Beneath | Dr. Chindi Ashutor | 1919-07-05 |
Movie | The Tong Man | Luk Chen | 1919-12-14 |
Movie | The Dragon Painter | Tatsu - the Dragon Painter | 1919-09-28 |
Movie | Bonds of Honor | Yamashito / Sasamoto | 1919-10-04 |
Movie | The White Man's Law | John A. Genghis | 1918-05-06 |
Movie | Hidden Pearls | Tom Garvin | 1918-02-18 |
Movie | The Honor of His House | Count Ito Onato | 1918-04-01 |
Movie | The Bravest Way | Kara Tamura | 1918-06-16 |
Movie | The Temple Of Dusk | Akira | 1918-10-20 |
Movie | His Birthright | Yukio | 1918-09-08 |
Movie | The Bottle Imp | Lopaka | 1917-03-25 |
Movie | Forbidden Paths | Sato | 1917-07-12 |
Movie | The Secret Game | Nara-Nara | 1917-12-03 |
Movie | The Call of the East | Arai Takada | 1917-10-15 |
Movie | The Victoria Cross | Azimoolah | 1916-12-14 |
Movie | Temptation | Opera Admirer | 1915-12-15 |
Movie | The Secret Sin | Lin Foo | 1915-10-21 |
Movie | The Clue | Nogi | 1915-07-08 |
Movie | The Cheat | Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau] | 1915-12-13 |
Movie | O Mimi san | Yorotomo | 1914-02-05 |
Movie | The Wrath of the Gods | Lord Yamaki | 1914-06-08 |
Movie | The Typhoon | Tokorama | 1914-10-10 |
Movie | The Last of the Line | Tiah - Gray Otter's Son | 1914-12-24 |