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