Acting
Sessue Hayakawa
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
Asian Americans
Series · 2020
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Film · 2019
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Film · 2007
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Film · 2002
Hollywood
Series · 1980
Lover's Duet
Film · 1967
The Daydreamer
Film · 1966
Taikouki
Series · 1965
The Frozen Moment
Film · 1964
The Big Wave
Film · 1961
Hell to Eternity
Film · 1960
Swiss Family Robinson
Film · 1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Film · 1960
Green Mansions
Film · 1959
John Gunther's High Road
Film · 1959
The Geisha Boy
Film · 1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Film · 1958
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Film · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
House of Bamboo
Film · 1955
日本敗れず
Film · 1954
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Film · 1953
47 Vendettas
Film · 1953
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
Film · 1953
Three Came Home
Film · 1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Film · 1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Film · 1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Film · 1950
Tokyo Joe
Film · 1949
Quartier chinois
Film · 1947
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Film · 1946
Le Soleil de minuit
Film · 1943
Malaria
Film · 1943
Patrouille blanche
Film · 1942
Gambling Hell
Film · 1942
Tempête sur l'Asie
Film · 1938
Forfaiture
Film · 1937
Yoshiwara
Film · 1937
The Daughter of the Samurai
Film · 1937
Running Hollywood
Film · 1932
The Sun Rises from the East
Film · 1932
Daughter of the Dragon
Film · 1931
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Film · 1931
The Great Prince Shan
Film · 1924
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Film · 1924
I Have Killed
Film · 1924
The Danger Line
Film · 1924
The Battle
Film · 1923
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Film · 1922
The Vermilion Pencil
Film · 1922
Night Life in Hollywood
Film · 1922
Five Days to Live
Film · 1922
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Film · 1921
Where Lights Are Low
Film · 1921
The First Born
Film · 1921
The Swamp
Film · 1921
Black Roses
Film · 1921
The Devil's Claim
Film · 1920
An Arabian Knight
Film · 1920
Li Ting Lang
Film · 1920
The Beggar Prince
Film · 1920
The Brand of Lopez
Film · 1920
The Dragon Painter
Film · 1919
The Tong Man
Film · 1919
The Courageous Coward
Film · 1919
The Man Beneath
Film · 1919
Bonds of Honor
Film · 1919
A Heart in Pawn
Film · 1919
His Debt
Film · 1919
The Illustrious Prince
Film · 1919
The Gray Horizon
Film · 1919
The City of Dim Faces
Film · 1918
His Birthright
Film · 1918
The Temple Of Dusk
Film · 1918
Hidden Pearls
Film · 1918
The Honor of His House
Film · 1918
The White Man's Law
Film · 1918
The Bravest Way
Film · 1918
Banzai
Film · 1918
The Secret Game
Film · 1917
The Bottle Imp
Film · 1917
The Call of the East
Film · 1917
Forbidden Paths
Film · 1917
Each to His Kind
Film · 1917
Hashimura Togo
Film · 1917
The Jaguar's Claws
Film · 1917
The Honorable Friend
Film · 1916
The Victoria Cross
Film · 1916
The Soul of Kura San
Film · 1916
Alien Souls
Film · 1916
Temptation
Film · 1915
The Cheat
Film · 1915
The Clue
Film · 1915
The Secret Sin
Film · 1915
After Five
Film · 1915
The Chinatown Mystery
Film · 1915
The Wrath of the Gods
Film · 1914
The Last of the Line
Film · 1914
The Typhoon
Film · 1914
The Death Mask
Film · 1914
O Mimi san
Film · 1914