Sessue Hayakawa
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
as Col. Saito
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
as Kuala, Pirate Chief
Green Mansions (1959)
as Runi
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
as (archive footage)
The Geisha Boy (1958)
as Mr. Sikita
Tokyo Joe (1949)
as Baron Kimura
The Daydreamer (1966)
as The Mole (voice)
Forfaiture (1937)
as Prince Hu-Long
House of Bamboo (1955)
as Inspector Kito
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Forbidden Paths (1917)
as Sato
The Cheat (1915)
as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
as Ah Kee
Three Came Home (1950)
as Colonel Michio Suga
Hell to Eternity (1960)
as General Matsui
His Birthright (1918)
as Yukio
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
Lover's Duet (1967)
as Tajima
Running Hollywood (1932)
as Sessue Hayakawa
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)
as Self (archive)
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
The First Born (1921)
as Chan Wang
The Battle (1923)
as Le Marquis Yorisaka
日本敗れず (1954)
Actor
Le Cabaret du Grand Large (1946)
as Professeur Wang
Black Roses (1921)
as Yoda
The Bravest Way (1918)
as Kara Tamura
Alien Souls (1916)
as Sakata
The Honorable Friend (1916)
as Makino
Yoshiwara (1937)
as Ysamo, Kuli
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki (1953)
as Tomoyuki Yamashita
The Typhoon (1914)
as Tokorama
The Last of the Line (1914)
as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
The Motherland Far Far Away (1950)
as Joe Hayami
Hashimura Togo (1917)
as Hashimura Togo
The Soul of Kura San (1916)
as Toyo
The White Man's Law (1918)
as John A. Genghis
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
as Self
The Tong Man (1919)
as Luk Chen
The Honor of His House (1918)
as Count Ito Onato
The Brand of Lopez (1920)
as Vasco Lopez
The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
as Iwao Yamato
The Bottle Imp (1917)
as Lopaka
Li Ting Lang (1920)
as Li Ting Lang
The Big Wave (1961)
as The Old Man
Patrouille blanche (1942)
Actor
Le Soleil de minuit (1943)
as Matsui
The City of Dim Faces (1918)
as Jang Lung
The Secret Game (1917)
as Nara-Nara
The Man Beneath (1919)
as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
The Clue (1915)
as Nogi
After Five (1915)
as Oki - the Valet
John Gunther's High Road (1959)
as Self
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960)
Actor
Bonds of Honor (1919)
as Yamashito / Sasamoto
The Gray Horizon (1919)
as Yamo Masata
The Devil's Claim (1920)
as Akbar Khan / Hassan
O Mimi san (1914)
as Yorotomo
The Chinatown Mystery (1915)
as Yo Hong
The Courageous Coward (1919)
as Suki Iota
The Jaguar's Claws (1917)
as El Jaguar
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
as Prinz Ling
Five Days to Live (1922)
as Tai Leung
His Debt (1919)
as Goto Mariyama
The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
as Lord Yamaki
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958)
as Self
An Arabian Knight (1920)
as Ahmed
The Illustrious Prince (1919)
as Prince Maiyo
Gambling Hell (1942)
as Ying Tchaï
47 Vendettas (1953)
as Sakon Tachibana
The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
Where Lights Are Low (1921)
as T''Su Wong Shih
Malaria (1943)
Actor
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
as Himself
The Call of the East (1917)
as Arai Takada
The Beggar Prince (1920)
as Nikki / Prince
The Death Mask (1914)
as Running Wolf
The Sun Rises from the East (1932)
as Kenji
Hidden Pearls (1918)
as Tom Garvin
Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
as Self
Sen Yan’s Devotion (1924)
as Sen Yan
The Temple Of Dusk (1918)
as Akira
A Heart in Pawn (1919)
as Tomaya
The Great Prince Shan (1924)
as Prince Shan
Each to His Kind (1917)
as Rhandah
The Victoria Cross (1916)
as Azimoolah
The Secret Sin (1915)
as Lin Foo
The Swamp (1921)
as Wang
Temptation (1915)
as Opera Admirer
Banzai (1918)
as The American General
Quartier chinois (1947)
as Tchang
The Danger Line (1924)
as Marquis Yorisaka
The Dragon Painter (1919)
as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū (1953)
as Awanokami Katsu
The Frozen Moment (1964)
as Self
I Have Killed (1924)
as Hideo
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)
as Self