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Sessue Hayakawa (1889–1973)

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Sessue Hayakawa was born in Chiba, Japan. His father was the provincial governor and his mother a member of an aristocratic family of the "samurai" class. The young Hayakawa wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a career officer in the Japanese navy, but he was turned down due to problems with his hearing... See full bio »

Born:

Kintarô Hayakawa
in Nanaura, Chiba, Japan

Died:

(age 84) in Tokyo, Japan
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1967 Junjô nijûsô
Tajima
 
1966 The Daydreamer
The Mole (voice)
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Takasuka
– Two Strangers and an Old Enemy (1963) … Takasuka
 
1961 The Big Wave
The Old Man
 
1960 Swiss Family Robinson
Kuala, Pirate Chief
 
1960 Hell to Eternity
General Matsui
 
1959 Green Mansions
Runi
 
1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Sakae Ito
– The Sakae Ito Story (1958) … Sakae Ito
 
1958 The Geisha Boy
Mr. Sikita
 
1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Japanese Corporal / Japanese Officer
– Bolivar and the Lost Patrol (1958) … Japanese Corporal
– Episode #7.27 (1958) … Japanese Officer
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Sato
– Kurishiki Incident (1958) … Sato
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Sea Is Boiling Hot (1958)
 
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Colonel Saito
 
1955 House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito
 
1954 Nihon yaburezu
 
1953 Kurama Tengu to Katsu Kaishû
Awanokami Katsu
 
1953 Onna kanja himon - Akô rôshi
Sakon Tachibana
 
1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata
 
1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma
 
1950 The Motherland Far Far Away
Joe Hayami
 
1950 Three Came Home
Colonel Suga
 
1949 Tokyo Joe
Baron Kimura
 
1947 Quartier chinois
Tchang
 
1946 Le cabaret du grand large
Professeur Wang
 
1943 Malaria
Saïdi
 
1943 Le soleil de minuit
Matsui
 
1942 Gambling Hell
Ying Tchaï
 
1942 Patrouille blanche
Halloway
 
1938 Tempête sur l'Asie
Le prince Ling
 
1937 The Cheat
Prince Hu-Long
 
1937 Yoshiwara
Ysamo, Kuli
 
1937 Atarashiki tsuchi
Iwao Yamato
 
1935 Tojin Okichi
Townsend Harris
 
1934 Bakugeki hikôtai
 
1932 The Sun Rise from the East
Kenji
 
1931 Daughter of the Dragon
Ah Kee
 
1929 Sessue Hayakawa in 'The Man Who Laughed Last' (short)
 
1924 I Have Killed
Hideo the antiquarian
 
1924 The Danger Line
Marquis Yorisaka
 
1924 The Great Prince Shan
Prince Shan
 
1924 Sen Yan's Devotion
Sen Yan
 
1923 The Battle
Le Marquis Yorisaka
 
1922 The Vermilion Pencil
Tse Chan/The Unknown/Li Chan
 
1922 Five Days to Live
Tai Leung
 
1921 The Swamp
Wang
 
1921 Where Lights Are Low
T''Su Wong Shih
 
1921 Black Roses
Yoda
 
1921 The First Born
Chan Wang
 
1920 An Arabian Knight
Ahmed
 
1920 Li Ting Lang
Li Ting Lang
 
1920 The Devil's Claim
Akbar Khan/Hassan
 
1920 The Brand of Lopez
Vasco Lopez
 
1920 The Beggar Prince
Nikki/Prince
 
1919 The Tong Man
Luk Chen
 
1919 The Illustrious Prince
Prince Maiyo
 
1919 Bonds of Honor
Yamashito/Sasamoto
 
1919 The Dragon Painter
Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
 
1919 The Gray Horizon
Yamo Masata
 
1919 The Man Beneath
Dr. Chindi Ashutor
 
1919 His Debt
Goto Mariyama
 
1919 The Courageous Coward
Suki Iota
 
1919 A Heart in Pawn
Tomaya
 
1918 Banzai (short)
The American General
 
1918 The Temple of Dusk
Akira
 
1918 His Birthright
Yukio
 
1918 The City of Dim Faces
Jang Lung
 
1918 The Bravest Way
Kara Tamura
 
1918 The White Man's Law
John A. Genghis
 
1918 The Honor of His House
Count Ito Onato
 
1918 The Hidden Pearls
Tom Garvin
 
1917 The Secret Game
Nara-Nara
 
1917 The Call of the East
Arai Takada
 
1917 Hashimura Togo
Hashimura Togo
 
1917 Forbidden Paths
Sato
 
1917 The Jaguar's Claws
El Jaguar
 
1917 The Bottle Imp
Lopaka
 
1917 Each to His Kind
Rhandah
 
1916 The Victoria Cross
Azimoolah
 
1916 The Soul of Kura San
Toyo
 
1916 The Honorable Friend
Makino
 
1916 Alien Souls
Sakata
 
1915 Temptation
Opera Admirer
 
1915 The Cheat
Hishuru Tori (original release)/Haka Arakau (in 1918 re-release)
 
1915 The Secret Sin
Lin Foo
 
1915 The Clue
Nogi
 
1915 The Chinatown Mystery (short)
Yo Hong
 
1915 The Famine (short)
Horisho
 
1915 After Five
Oki, the Valet
 
1914 The Last of the Line (short)
Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
 
1914 Mother of the Shadows (short)
Running Elk
 
1914 The Vigil (short)
Kenjiro
 
1914 Nipped (short)
Taro Kamura
 
1914 The Hateful God (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 The Typhoon
Tokorama
 
1914 The Death Mask (short)
Running Wolf
 
1914 The Village 'Neath the Sea (short)
 
1914 The Curse of Caste (short)
 
1914 Star of the North (short)
 
1914 A Relic of Old Japan (short)
Koto
 
1914 A Tragedy of the Orient (short)
Kato
 
1914 The Wrath of the Gods
Lord Yamaki
 
1914 The Ambassador's Envoy (short)
Kamuri
 
1914 The Geisha (short)
Takura
 
1914 The Courtship of O San (short)
Shotoku
 
1914 O Mimi San (short)
Torotomo
 
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1921 The Swamp (producer)
 
1921 Where Lights Are Low (producer)
 
1921 Black Roses (producer)
 
1921 The First Born (producer)
 
1919 The Man Beneath (producer)
 
1918 His Birthright (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1932 The Sun Rise from the East
 
1923 The Battle (co-director)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1921 The Swamp (story)
 
1918 His Birthright (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1967 Public Broadcast Laboratory (TV series)
Himself
 
1961-1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 1962 (1962) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #4.27 (1959) … Himself - Guest
 
1958 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 May 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1932 Running Hollywood (short)
Himself
 
1931 Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1922 Night Life in Hollywood
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1920 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1920 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 3 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1920 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1918 United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short)
Kuala
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1975 The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 

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(1914) Stage: Appeared in "The Typhoon" on Broadway. See more »

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Trivia:

One of eight actors of Asian descent nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. The others are Miyoshi Umeki who won Best Supporting Actress nominated for Sayonara, Mako nominated for The Sand Pebbles, Ben Kingsley who won Best Actor for Gandhi, Haing S. Ngor who won Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields... See more »

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