Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

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 ...

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

As Col. Saito

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House of Bamboo

As Inspector Kito

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The Honorable Friend

As Makino

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Temptation

As Opera Admirer

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The City of Dim Faces

As Jang Lung

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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

As Self

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Hell to Eternity

As General Matsui

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The Geisha Boy

As Mr. Sikita

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Forfaiture

As Prince Hu-Long

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Green Mansions

As Runi

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Swiss Family Robinson

As Kuala, Pirate Chief

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Tokyo Joe

As Baron Kimura

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The Cheat

As Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

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Patrouille blanche

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Le Soleil de minuit

As Matsui

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Malaria

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Le Cabaret du Grand Large

As Professeur Wang

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Quartier chinois

As Tchang

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The Devil's Claim

As Akbar Khan / Hassan

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The Dragon Painter

As Tatsu - the Dragon Painter

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Three Came Home

As Colonel Michio Suga

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Daughter of the Dragon

As Ah Kee

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The Wrath of the Gods

As Lord Yamaki

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John Gunther's High Road

As Self

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The Tong Man

As Luk Chen

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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

As (archive footage)

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The Last of the Line

As Tiah - Gray Otter's Son

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Yoshiwara

As Ysamo, Kuli

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The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

As Self

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The Typhoon

As Tokorama

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The Daydreamer

As The Mole (voice)

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Running Hollywood

As Sessue Hayakawa

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The Death Mask

As Running Wolf

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The Daughter of the Samurai

As Iwao Yamato

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The Clue

As Nogi

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The Motherland Far Far Away

As Joe Hayami

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The Secret Game

As Nara-Nara

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His Birthright

As Yukio

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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

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Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

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Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

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The Frozen Moment

As Self

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The Bottle Imp

As Lopaka

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Gambling Hell

As Ying Tchaï

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The Courageous Coward

As Suki Iota

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The Man Beneath

As Dr. Chindi Ashutor

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Tempête sur l'Asie

As Prinz Ling

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The Call of the East

As Arai Takada

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The Great Prince Shan

As Prince Shan

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47 Vendettas

As Sakon Tachibana

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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

As Himself

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The Victoria Cross

As Azimoolah

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The Battle

As Le Marquis Yorisaka

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Lover's Duet

As Tajima

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The Big Wave

As The Old Man

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The Temple Of Dusk

As Akira

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The Secret Sin

As Lin Foo

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Where Lights Are Low

As T''Su Wong Shih

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The Swamp

As Wang

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Bonds of Honor

As Yamashito / Sasamoto

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Li Ting Lang

As Li Ting Lang

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An Arabian Knight

As Ahmed

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The Honor of His House

As Count Ito Onato

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Hidden Pearls

As Tom Garvin

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The First Born

As Chan Wang

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The White Man's Law

As John A. Genghis

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Black Roses

As Yoda

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Forbidden Paths

As Sato

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Sen Yan’s Devotion

As Sen Yan

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O Mimi san

As Yorotomo

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

As Self (archive footage)

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The Love Goddesses

As (archive footage)

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I Have Killed

As Hideo

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Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

As Self

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A Heart in Pawn

As Tomaya

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The Bravest Way

As Kara Tamura

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Banzai

As The American General

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The Vermilion Pencil

As Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan

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Night Life in Hollywood

As Self

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After Five

As Oki - the Valet

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Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

As Self (archive)

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Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

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Taikouki

As Takeda Shingen

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Asian Americans

As Self