Cast
Sessue Hayakawa
Acting
Cast
Sessue Hayakawa
Known for
Acting
Born
1889-06-10
From
Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Died
1973-11-23
Also known as 早川雪洲, Kintarō Hayakawa, 早川 金太郎
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.
★7.8
MOVIE1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Saito
★7.0
MOVIE1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Joe Hayami
★6.8
MOVIE1960
Swiss Family Robinson
as Kuala, Pirate Chief
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
as Professeur Wang
★6.2
MOVIE1955
House of Bamboo
as Inspector Kito
★5.7
MOVIE1959
Green Mansions
as Runi
★6.2
MOVIE1918
His Birthright
as Yukio
★10.0
MOVIE1923
The Battle
as Le Marquis Yorisaka
MOVIE1917
Hashimura Togo
as Hashimura Togo
★6.3
MOVIE1958
The Geisha Boy
as Mr. Sikita
★6.0
MOVIE1937
The Daughter of the Samurai
as Iwao Yamato
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Le Soleil de minuit
as Matsui
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Tempête sur l'Asie
as Prinz Ling
MOVIE1916
Alien Souls
as Sakata
MOVIE1953
47 Vendettas
as Sakon Tachibana
★10.0
MOVIE1931
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1949
Tokyo Joe
as Baron Kimura
★8.0
MOVIE1919
The Illustrious Prince
as Prince Maiyo
MOVIE1953
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
as Awanokami Katsu
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Patrouille blanche
★6.6
MOVIE1937
Forfaiture
as Prince Hu-Long
MOVIE1917
The Bottle Imp
as Lopaka
★9.0
MOVIE1922
Five Days to Live
as Tai Leung
MOVIE1917
Forbidden Paths
as Sato
★6.7
MOVIE1950
Three Came Home
as Colonel Michio Suga
★5.1
MOVIE1966
The Daydreamer
as The Mole (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1931
Daughter of the Dragon
as Ah Kee
★8.0
MOVIE1919
A Heart in Pawn
as Tomaya
★8.0
MOVIE1919
The Courageous Coward
as Suki Iota
MOVIE1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Himself
★9.0
MOVIE1924
I Have Killed
as Hideo
★10.0
MOVIE1915
The Chinatown Mystery
as Yo Hong
★10.0
MOVIE1916
The Soul of Kura San
as Toyo
★9.0
MOVIE1919
His Debt
as Goto Mariyama
★9.0
MOVIE1919
The Gray Horizon
as Yamo Masata
★7.0
MOVIE1921
The First Born
as Chan Wang
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Sen Yan’s Devotion
as Sen Yan
★8.0
MOVIE1924
The Danger Line
as Marquis Yorisaka
MOVIE1917
The Jaguar's Claws
as El Jaguar
★6.0
MOVIE1915
The Cheat
as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
★7.0
MOVIE1920
An Arabian Knight
as Ahmed
MOVIE1918
The Honor of His House
as Count Ito Onato
★7.0
MOVIE1922
Night Life in Hollywood
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1960
Hell to Eternity
as General Matsui
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Brand of Lopez
as Vasco Lopez
MOVIE1914
O Mimi san
as Yorotomo
★8.0
MOVIE1920
Li Ting Lang
as Li Ting Lang
MOVIE1915
After Five
as Oki - the Valet
MOVIE1914
The Typhoon
as Tokorama
MOVIE1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
MOVIE1916
The Honorable Friend
as Makino
★4.3
MOVIE2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1932
Running Hollywood
as Sessue Hayakawa
★6.5
MOVIE1919
The Dragon Painter
as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
★5.7
MOVIE2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1919
The Tong Man
as Luk Chen
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Yoshiwara
as Ysamo, Kuli
MOVIE1967
Lover's Duet
as Tajima
★7.0
MOVIE1954
日本敗れず
★6.8
MOVIE1942
Gambling Hell
as Ying Tchaï
★8.0
MOVIE1918
Banzai
as The American General
MOVIE1917
The Call of the East
as Arai Takada
MOVIE1953
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
as Tomoyuki Yamashita
★9.0
MOVIE1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
★6.3
MOVIE1919
The Man Beneath
as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The Beggar Prince
as Nikki / Prince
★9.0
MOVIE1920
The Devil's Claim
as Akbar Khan / Hassan
★6.2
MOVIE1914
The Wrath of the Gods
as Lord Yamaki
MOVIE1964
The Frozen Moment
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1917
The Secret Game
as Nara-Nara
★7.0
MOVIE1932
The Sun Rises from the East
as Kenji
★7.0
MOVIE1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
MOVIE1918
The White Man's Law
as John A. Genghis
MOVIE2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
MOVIE1915
The Clue
as Nogi
MOVIE1917
Each to His Kind
as Rhandah
MOVIE1918
The Bravest Way
as Kara Tamura
★10.0
MOVIE1961
The Big Wave
as The Old Man
★3.3
MOVIE1918
The City of Dim Faces
as Jang Lung
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Malaria
MOVIE1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1921
Where Lights Are Low
as T''Su Wong Shih
MOVIE1915
The Secret Sin
as Lin Foo
MOVIE1918
Hidden Pearls
as Tom Garvin
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Quartier chinois
as Tchang
★1.0
MOVIE1918
The Temple Of Dusk
as Akira
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Bonds of Honor
as Yamashito / Sasamoto
★10.0
MOVIE1924
The Great Prince Shan
as Prince Shan
★6.3
MOVIE1914
The Death Mask
as Running Wolf
★10.0
MOVIE1922
The Vermilion Pencil
as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
★9.0
MOVIE1921
Black Roses
as Yoda
MOVIE1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1921
The Swamp
as Wang
★6.8
MOVIE1914
The Last of the Line
as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
★10.0
MOVIE1959
John Gunther's High Road
as Self
MOVIE1915
Temptation
as Opera Admirer
MOVIE1916
The Victoria Cross
as Azimoolah