
Sessue Hayakawa
Actor
- Born
- June 10, 1889
- Died
- November 23, 1973 (age 84)
- From
- Nanaura, 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…
Filmography (97)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)(archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)Self (archive footage)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)Self (archive)
Lover's Duet (1967)Tajima
The Daydreamer (1966)The Mole (voice)
The Frozen Moment (1964)Self
The Big Wave (1961)The Old Man
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)Kuala, Pirate Chief
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960)
Hell to Eternity (1960)General Matsui
John Gunther's High Road (1959)Self
Green Mansions (1959)Runi
The Geisha Boy (1958)Mr. Sikita
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958)Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Col. Saito
House of Bamboo (1955)Inspector Kito
日本敗れず (1954)
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū (1953)Awanokami Katsu
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki (1953)Tomoyuki Yamashita
47 Vendettas (1953)Sakon Tachibana
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
The Motherland Far Far Away (1950)Joe Hayami
Three Came Home (1950)Colonel Michio Suga
Tokyo Joe (1949)Baron Kimura
Quartier chinois (1947)Tchang
Le Cabaret du Grand Large (1946)Professeur Wang
Le Soleil de minuit (1943)Matsui
Malaria (1943)
Gambling Hell (1942)Ying Tchaï