Sessue Hayakawa

Known for ActingBorn 1889-06-10Died 1973-11-23Nanaura, Chiba, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Asian Americans

The Big Wave

John Gunther's High Road

Le Cabaret du Grand Large

Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

The Great Prince Shan

Sen Yan’s Devotion

The Battle

The Vermilion Pencil

The Soul of Kura San

The Chinatown Mystery

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Tempête sur l'Asie

Running Hollywood

I Have Killed

Five Days to Live

Black Roses

The Devil's Claim

The Beggar Prince

Hollywood

His Debt

The Gray Horizon

Le Soleil de minuit

Malaria

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Danger Line

The Swamp

Li Ting Lang

The Courageous Coward

Bonds of Honor

A Heart in Pawn

The Illustrious Prince

Banzai

日本敗れず

The Motherland Far Far Away

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Quartier chinois

Swiss Family Robinson

Patrouille blanche

The Sun Rises from the East

Gambling Hell

Night Life in Hollywood

The First Born

Three Came Home

An Arabian Knight

The Brand of Lopez

Wagon Train

The Geisha Boy