Sessue Hayakawa
Acting
Born June 10, 1889 · 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 fi…
Known For · 40 titles
Wagon Train
Taikouki
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Swiss Family Robinson
The Battle
Asian Americans
Green Mansions
The Motherland Far Far Away
Hashimura Togo
His Birthright
The Geisha Boy
House of Bamboo
Tempête sur l'Asie
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
I Have Killed
Alien Souls
Patrouille blanche
Forbidden Paths
The Honor of His House
The Daughter of the Samurai
Le Soleil de minuit
Night Life in Hollywood
Tokyo Joe
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
The Jaguar's Claws
Five Days to Live
The Gray Horizon
His Debt
The Illustrious Prince
The Brand of Lopez
47 Vendettas
The Cheat
Three Came Home
Forfaiture
Hell to Eternity
The Soul of Kura San
The Danger Line
The Courageous Coward
An Arabian Knight
Sen Yan’s Devotion