Sessue Hayakawa
Born in Nanaura, Chiba, Japan — Jun 10 1889• Died Nov 23 1973
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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…
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Wagon Train
Sakae Ito
Taikouki
Takeda Shingen
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Saito
Asian Americans
Self
Tokyo Joe
Baron Kimura
Swiss Family Robinson
Kuala, Pirate Chief
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
The Daydreamer
The Mole (voice)
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
日本敗れず
The Geisha Boy
Mr. Sikita
The Big Wave
The Old Man
House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito
Lover's Duet
Tajima
Green Mansions
Runi
The Cheat
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Tomoyuki Yamashita
The Motherland Far Far Away
Joe Hayami
Hell to Eternity
General Matsui
The Typhoon
Tokorama
Three Came Home
Colonel Michio Suga
The White Man's Law
John A. Genghis
Yoshiwara
Ysamo, Kuli
The Honorable Friend
Makino
The Secret Sin
Lin Foo
The City of Dim Faces
Jang Lung
Li Ting Lang
Li Ting Lang
The Clue
Nogi
The Daughter of the Samurai
Iwao Yamato
The Sun Rises from the East
Kenji
Forbidden Paths
Sato
The Temple Of Dusk
Akira
Daughter of the Dragon
Ah Kee
47 Vendettas
Sakon Tachibana
The Illustrious Prince
Prince Maiyo
O Mimi san
Yorotomo
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
The Honor of His House
Count Ito Onato
Gambling Hell
Ying Tchaï
Black Roses
Yoda
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
After Five
Oki - the Valet
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Le Soleil de minuit
Matsui
Hashimura Togo
Hashimura Togo
The Bravest Way
Kara Tamura
Quartier chinois
Tchang
His Debt
Goto Mariyama
His Birthright
Yukio
Forfaiture
Prince Hu-Long
The Tong Man
Luk Chen
Patrouille blanche
The Courageous Coward
Suki Iota
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
The Beggar Prince
Nikki / Prince
Where Lights Are Low
T''Su Wong Shih
The Bottle Imp
Lopaka
The Secret Game
Nara-Nara
Running Hollywood
Sessue Hayakawa
The First Born
Chan Wang
An Arabian Knight
Ahmed
The Devil's Claim
Akbar Khan / Hassan
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
The Victoria Cross
Azimoolah
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
Each to His Kind
Rhandah
Malaria
The Jaguar's Claws
El Jaguar
Alien Souls
Sakata
Temptation
Opera Admirer
The Wrath of the Gods
Lord Yamaki
The Dragon Painter
Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
The Soul of Kura San
Toyo
The Man Beneath
Dr. Chindi Ashutor
The Swamp
Wang
Tempête sur l'Asie
Prinz Ling
The Chinatown Mystery
Yo Hong
The Call of the East
Arai Takada
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Professeur Wang
Five Days to Live
Tai Leung
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
The Vermilion Pencil
Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
The Brand of Lopez
Vasco Lopez
Bonds of Honor
Yamashito / Sasamoto
The Last of the Line
Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
The Frozen Moment
Self
The Gray Horizon
Yamo Masata
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Sen Yan
John Gunther's High Road
Self
The Great Prince Shan
Prince Shan
Hidden Pearls
Tom Garvin
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
I Have Killed
Hideo
Banzai
The American General
The Battle
Le Marquis Yorisaka
A Heart in Pawn
Tomaya
The Danger Line
Marquis Yorisaka
The Death Mask
Running Wolf