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.
Filmography
all 87
Movies 85
self 12
TV Shows 2
Producer 2

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Lover's Duet (1967)

The Daydreamer (1966)

Taikouki (1965)

The Big Wave (1961)

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

Hell to Eternity (1960)

John Gunther's High Road (1959)

The Geisha Boy (1958)

House of Bamboo (1955)

悲劇の将軍 山下奉文 (1953)

47 Vendettas (1953)

The Motherland Far Far Away (1950)

Three Came Home (1950)

Tokyo Joe (1949)

Le Cabaret du Grand Large (1946)

Malaria (1943)

Gambling Hell (1942)

Patrouille blanche (1942)

Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)

Forfaiture (1937)

Yoshiwara (1937)

The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)

Running Hollywood (1932)

I Have Killed (1924)

The Great Prince Shan (1924)

The Battle (1923)

The Vermilion Pencil (1922)

Where Lights Are Low (1921)

The First Born (1921)

Li Ting Lang (1920)

The Devil's Claim (1920)

The Tong Man (1919)

Bonds of Honor (1919)

The Dragon Painter (1919)

The Man Beneath (1919)

The Courageous Coward (1919)

Banzai (1918)

His Birthright (1918)

The City of Dim Faces (1918)

The Bravest Way (1918)

The White Man's Law (1918)

The Honor of His House (1918)

Hidden Pearls (1918)

The Secret Game (1917)

The Call of the East (1917)

Each to His Kind (1917)

The Victoria Cross (1916)

Temptation (1915)

The Cheat (1915)

The Secret Sin (1915)

After Five (1915)

The Last of the Line (1914)

The Typhoon (1914)

The Death Mask (1914)

The Wrath of the Gods (1914)

O Mimi san (1914)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1889-06-10
Deathday1973-11-23 (84 years old)
Birth Name早川 金太郎
Birth PlaceChiba, Japan
RelationshipsTsuru Aoki (1914 - 1961)
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known As早川雪洲, Kintarō Hayakawa, 早川 金太郎
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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