Acting
Sessue Hayakawa
Born Jun 10, 1889 · Nanaura, Chiba, Japan · Died Nov 23, 1973
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.
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Acting
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
Documentary
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Documentary
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
Documentary
Lover's Duet
1967
Drama
The Daydreamer
1966
Animation · Adventure · Family
Taikouki
1965
Drama
The Frozen Moment
1964
Documentary
The Big Wave
1961
Drama
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
Adventure · Family
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Documentary · Adventure · Family
Hell to Eternity
1960
Drama · War
John Gunther's High Road
1959
TV Movie · Documentary · Adventure
Green Mansions
1959
Adventure · Drama · Romance
The Geisha Boy
1958
Comedy
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
Documentary
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Drama · History · War
Wagon Train
1957
Western · Drama · Family
House of Bamboo
1955
Crime · Drama
日本敗れず
1954
War
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
1953
History
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953
Drama · War
47 Vendettas
1953
Drama
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Drama · History
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Drama · History
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
Drama
Three Came Home
1950
War · Drama
Tokyo Joe
1949
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Quartier chinois
1947
Crime · Drama
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
1946
Crime
Le Soleil de minuit
1943
Adventure
Malaria
1943
Drama
Gambling Hell
1942
Adventure · Thriller · Drama
Patrouille blanche
1942
Tempête sur l'Asie
1938
Adventure
Forfaiture
1937
Drama
Yoshiwara
1937
Romance · Drama
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937
Drama · Romance
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
Documentary
Daughter of the Dragon
1931
Crime · Drama
The Danger Line
1924
Drama
The Great Prince Shan
1924
Drama
The Battle
1923
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
Drama
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922
Documentary
The Vermilion Pencil
1922
Drama
Five Days to Live
1922
Drama
The Swamp
1921
Drama
Where Lights Are Low
1921
Drama
Black Roses
1921
Crime · Drama
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Documentary
The First Born
1921
Drama · Romance
An Arabian Knight
1920
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Li Ting Lang
1920
Drama
The Devil's Claim
1920
Drama
The Brand of Lopez
1920
Drama
The Beggar Prince
1920
Comedy
The Tong Man
1919
Drama · Crime
The Illustrious Prince
1919
Drama · Romance
Bonds of Honor
1919
Drama
The Dragon Painter
1919
Romance · Drama
The Gray Horizon
1919
Drama
The Man Beneath
1919
Drama · Crime
His Debt
1919
Drama
The Courageous Coward
1919
Drama
A Heart in Pawn
1919
Drama
The Temple Of Dusk
1918
Drama · Romance
His Birthright
1918
Drama
The City of Dim Faces
1918
Drama
The Bravest Way
1918
Drama
The Honor of His House
1918
Drama
Hidden Pearls
1918
Drama
The Secret Game
1917
Drama
The Call of the East
1917
Drama
Hashimura Togo
1917
Comedy
Forbidden Paths
1917
Drama
The Jaguar's Claws
1917
Drama · Western
The Bottle Imp
1917
Drama · Fantasy
Each to His Kind
1917
Drama
The Victoria Cross
1916
Drama · History
The Soul of Kura San
1916
Drama
The Honorable Friend
1916
Drama
Alien Souls
1916
Drama
Temptation
1915
Drama · Romance
The Cheat
1915
Drama
The Secret Sin
1915
Drama
The Clue
1915
Drama
The Chinatown Mystery
1915
Drama · Mystery
After Five
1915
Crime · Drama
The Last of the Line
1914
Western · Drama
The Typhoon
1914
Drama
The Death Mask
1914
Drama
The Wrath of the Gods
1914
Romance · Drama
O Mimi san
1914
Drama
Directed
The Battle
1923
Written
The Swamp
1921
Drama
His Birthright
1918
Drama