Sessue Hayakawa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1889
- Died
- November 23, 1973 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
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 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
Photos
Filmography
Asian Americans
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Movie · as (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Movie · as Self (archive)
Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
Lover's Duet
Movie · as Tajima
The Daydreamer
Movie · as The Mole (voice)
Taikouki
TV · as Takeda Shingen · 52 eps
The Frozen Moment
Movie · as Self
The Big Wave
Movie · as The Old Man
Hell to Eternity
Movie · as General Matsui
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie · as Kuala, Pirate Chief
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Movie
Green Mansions
Movie · as Runi
John Gunther's High Road
Movie · as Self
The Geisha Boy
Movie · as Mr. Sikita
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Movie · as Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie · as Col. Saito
Wagon Train
TV · as Sakae Ito · 1 ep
House of Bamboo
Movie · as Inspector Kito
日本敗れず
Movie
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Movie · as Tomoyuki Yamashita
47 Vendettas
Movie · as Sakon Tachibana
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
Movie · as Awanokami Katsu
Three Came Home
Movie · as Colonel Michio Suga
The Motherland Far Far Away
Movie · as Joe Hayami
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Movie
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Movie
Tokyo Joe
Movie · as Baron Kimura
Quartier chinois
Movie · as Tchang
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Movie · as Professeur Wang
Le Soleil de minuit
Movie · as Matsui
Malaria
Movie
Patrouille blanche
Movie
Gambling Hell
Movie · as Ying Tchaï
Tempête sur l'Asie
Movie · as Prinz Ling
Forfaiture
Movie · as Prince Hu-Long
Yoshiwara
Movie · as Ysamo, Kuli
The Daughter of the Samurai
Movie · as Iwao Yamato
Running Hollywood
Movie · as Sessue Hayakawa
The Sun Rises from the East
Movie · as Kenji
Daughter of the Dragon
Movie · as Ah Kee
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Movie · as Self
The Great Prince Shan
Movie · as Prince Shan
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Movie · as Sen Yan
I Have Killed
Movie · as Hideo
The Danger Line
Movie · as Marquis Yorisaka
The Battle
Movie · as Le Marquis Yorisaka
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Movie · as Self
The Vermilion Pencil
Movie · as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
Night Life in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Five Days to Live
Movie · as Tai Leung
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Movie · as Himself
Where Lights Are Low
Movie · as T''Su Wong Shih
The Swamp
Movie · as Wang
The First Born
Movie · as Chan Wang
Black Roses
Movie · as Yoda
The Devil's Claim
Movie · as Akbar Khan / Hassan
Li Ting Lang
Movie · as Li Ting Lang
An Arabian Knight
Movie · as Ahmed
The Beggar Prince
Movie · as Nikki / Prince
The Brand of Lopez
Movie · as Vasco Lopez
The Dragon Painter
Movie · as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
The Tong Man
Movie · as Luk Chen
The Courageous Coward
Movie · as Suki Iota
The Man Beneath
Movie · as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
Bonds of Honor
Movie · as Yamashito / Sasamoto
A Heart in Pawn
Movie · as Tomaya
His Debt
Movie · as Goto Mariyama
The Illustrious Prince
Movie · as Prince Maiyo
The Gray Horizon
Movie · as Yamo Masata
The City of Dim Faces
Movie · as Jang Lung
His Birthright
Movie · as Yukio
The Temple Of Dusk
Movie · as Akira
The Honor of His House
Movie · as Count Ito Onato
Hidden Pearls
Movie · as Tom Garvin
The White Man's Law
Movie · as John A. Genghis
The Bravest Way
Movie · as Kara Tamura
Banzai
Movie · as The American General
The Secret Game
Movie · as Nara-Nara
The Bottle Imp
Movie · as Lopaka
The Call of the East
Movie · as Arai Takada
Forbidden Paths
Movie · as Sato
Each to His Kind
Movie · as Rhandah
Hashimura Togo
Movie · as Hashimura Togo
The Jaguar's Claws
Movie · as El Jaguar
The Honorable Friend
Movie · as Makino
The Victoria Cross
Movie · as Azimoolah
The Soul of Kura San
Movie · as Toyo
Alien Souls
Movie · as Sakata
Temptation
Movie · as Opera Admirer
The Cheat
Movie · as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
The Clue
Movie · as Nogi
The Secret Sin
Movie · as Lin Foo
After Five
Movie · as Oki - the Valet
The Chinatown Mystery
Movie · as Yo Hong
The Wrath of the Gods
Movie · as Lord Yamaki
The Last of the Line
Movie · as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
The Typhoon
Movie · as Tokorama
The Death Mask
Movie · as Running Wolf
O Mimi san
Movie · as Yorotomo