Sessue Hayakawa
Acting
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.
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
Lover's Duet
Tajima
The Daydreamer
The Mole (voice)
The Frozen Moment
Self
The Big Wave
The Old Man
Swiss Family Robinson
Kuala, Pirate Chief
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Hell to Eternity
General Matsui
John Gunther's High Road
Self
Green Mansions
Runi
The Geisha Boy
Mr. Sikita
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Saito
House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito
日本敗れず
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Tomoyuki Yamashita
47 Vendettas
Sakon Tachibana
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
The Motherland Far Far Away
Joe Hayami
Three Came Home
Colonel Michio Suga
Tokyo Joe
Baron Kimura
Quartier chinois
Tchang
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Professeur Wang
Malaria
Le Soleil de minuit
Matsui
Gambling Hell
Ying Tchaï
Patrouille blanche
Tempête sur l'Asie
Prinz Ling
Forfaiture
Prince Hu-Long
Yoshiwara
Ysamo, Kuli
The Daughter of the Samurai
Iwao Yamato
The Sun Rises from the East
Kenji
Running Hollywood
Sessue Hayakawa
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
Daughter of the Dragon
Ah Kee
I Have Killed
Hideo
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Sen Yan
The Danger Line
Marquis Yorisaka
The Great Prince Shan
Prince Shan
The Battle
Le Marquis Yorisaka
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
The Vermilion Pencil
Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
Five Days to Live
Tai Leung
The Swamp
Wang
Where Lights Are Low
T''Su Wong Shih
Black Roses
Yoda
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
The First Born
Chan Wang
An Arabian Knight
Ahmed
Li Ting Lang
Li Ting Lang
The Devil's Claim
Akbar Khan / Hassan
The Brand of Lopez
Vasco Lopez
The Beggar Prince
Nikki / Prince
The Tong Man
Luk Chen
The Illustrious Prince
Prince Maiyo
Bonds of Honor
Yamashito / Sasamoto
The Dragon Painter
Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
The Gray Horizon
Yamo Masata
The Man Beneath
Dr. Chindi Ashutor
His Debt
Goto Mariyama
The Courageous Coward
Suki Iota
A Heart in Pawn
Tomaya
The Temple Of Dusk
Akira
Banzai
The American General
His Birthright
Yukio
The City of Dim Faces
Jang Lung
The Bravest Way
Kara Tamura
The White Man's Law
John A. Genghis
The Honor of His House
Count Ito Onato
Hidden Pearls
Tom Garvin
The Secret Game
Nara-Nara
The Call of the East
Arai Takada
Hashimura Togo
Hashimura Togo
Forbidden Paths
Sato
The Jaguar's Claws
El Jaguar
The Bottle Imp
Lopaka
Each to His Kind
Rhandah
The Victoria Cross
Azimoolah
The Soul of Kura San
Toyo
The Honorable Friend
Makino
Alien Souls
Sakata
Temptation
Opera Admirer
The Cheat
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
The Secret Sin
Lin Foo
The Clue
Nogi
The Chinatown Mystery
Yo Hong
After Five
Oki - the Valet
The Last of the Line
Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
The Typhoon
Tokorama
The Death Mask
Running Wolf
The Wrath of the Gods
Lord Yamaki
O Mimi san
Yorotomo