Sessue Hayakawa

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Jun 10 (died age 84) Nanaura, Chiba, Japan 1914–2020 (106 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Col. Saito

Film

Swiss Family Robinson

Kuala, Pirate Chief

Film

House of Bamboo

Inspector Kito

Film

The Cheat

Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

Film

The Geisha Boy

Mr. Sikita

Film

Tokyo Joe

Baron Kimura

Film

Three Came Home

Colonel Michio Suga

Film

Green Mansions

Runi

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (97)

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

as (archive footage)

5.7

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002

as Self (archive)

Lover's Duet

1967

as Tajima

The Daydreamer

1966

as The Mole (voice)

4.6

The Frozen Moment

1964

as Self

The Big Wave

1961

as The Old Man

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

as Kuala, Pirate Chief

6.9

Hell to Eternity

1960

as General Matsui

6.4

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1960

Green Mansions

1959

as Runi

5.7

John Gunther's High Road

as Self

The Geisha Boy

as Mr. Sikita

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

1958

as Self

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Col. Saito

House of Bamboo

as Inspector Kito

日本敗れず

47 Vendettas

as Sakon Tachibana

The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

1953

as Tomoyuki Yamashita

Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū

1953

as Awanokami Katsu

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950

The Motherland Far Far Away

1950

as Joe Hayami

7.0

Three Came Home

1950

as Colonel Michio Suga

Tokyo Joe

as Baron Kimura

Quartier chinois

as Tchang

Le Cabaret du Grand Large

1946

as Professeur Wang

Le Soleil de minuit

1943

as Matsui

Malaria

Patrouille blanche

Gambling Hell

as Ying Tchaï

Tempête sur l'Asie

as Prinz Ling

Yoshiwara

as Ysamo, Kuli

Forfaiture

as Prince Hu-Long

The Daughter of the Samurai

1937

as Iwao Yamato

6.0

Running Hollywood

1932

as Sessue Hayakawa

The Sun Rises from the East

1932

as Kenji

Daughter of the Dragon

1931

as Ah Kee

5.2

Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

1931

as Self

The Great Prince Shan

1924

as Prince Shan

Sen Yan’s Devotion

1924

as Sen Yan

The Danger Line

1924

as Marquis Yorisaka

I Have Killed

1924

as Hideo

9.0

The Battle

1923

as Le Marquis Yorisaka

10.0

Night Life in Hollywood

1922

as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

1922

as Self

Five Days to Live

1922

as Tai Leung

The Vermilion Pencil

1922

as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

1921

as Himself

Black Roses

1921

as Yoda

The First Born

1921

as Chan Wang

The Swamp

1921

as Wang

Where Lights Are Low

1921

as T''Su Wong Shih

5.0

An Arabian Knight

1920

as Ahmed

Li Ting Lang

1920

as Li Ting Lang

The Brand of Lopez

1920

as Vasco Lopez

The Devil's Claim

1920

as Akbar Khan / Hassan

The Beggar Prince

1920

as Nikki / Prince

The Courageous Coward

1919

as Suki Iota

The Man Beneath

1919

as Dr. Chindi Ashutor

6.0

Bonds of Honor

1919

as Yamashito / Sasamoto

The Illustrious Prince

1919

as Prince Maiyo

A Heart in Pawn

1919

as Tomaya

The Dragon Painter

1919

as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter

The Tong Man

as Luk Chen

The Gray Horizon

as Yamo Masata

His Debt

1919

as Goto Mariyama

9.0

The Bravest Way

1918

as Kara Tamura

The Honor of His House

1918

as Count Ito Onato

The White Man's Law

1918

as John A. Genghis

His Birthright

1918

as Yukio

6.2

Banzai

1918

as The American General

Hidden Pearls

1918

as Tom Garvin

The Temple Of Dusk

1918

as Akira

1.0

The City of Dim Faces

as Jang Lung

The Secret Game

as Nara-Nara

The Bottle Imp

as Lopaka

Hashimura Togo

1917

as Hashimura Togo

The Jaguar's Claws

1917

as El Jaguar

Forbidden Paths

1917

as Sato

Each to His Kind

1917

as Rhandah

The Call of the East

1917

as Arai Takada

The Soul of Kura San

1916

as Toyo

The Victoria Cross

1916

as Azimoolah

The Honorable Friend

1916

as Makino

Alien Souls

1916

as Sakata

The Secret Sin

1915

as Lin Foo

The Chinatown Mystery

1915

as Yo Hong

The Cheat

1915

as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

6.0

After Five

1915

as Oki - the Valet

Temptation

1915

as Opera Admirer

The Clue

1915

as Nogi

The Death Mask

1914

as Running Wolf

2.5

The Last of the Line

1914

as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son

6.6

The Typhoon

1914

as Tokorama

O Mimi san

1914

as Yorotomo

The Wrath of the Gods

1914

as Lord Yamaki

6.3

Television (3)

Asian Americans

2020

as Self

10.0

Taikouki

1965

as Takeda Shingen

Wagon Train

1957

as Sakae Ito

6.6

Crew (8)

Movies (8)

The Sun Rises from the East

1932

Director

The Battle

1923

Director

10.0

Black Roses

1921

Producer

The First Born

1921

Producer

The Swamp

1921

Story

Where Lights Are Low

Producer

His Birthright

Producer

His Birthright

Story