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