Cast & creator
Sessue Hayakawa
Best known for Wagon Train, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Taikouki
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.
Also known as: 早川雪洲, Kintarō Hayakawa, 早川 金太郎
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1914–2020 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (109)
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Wagon Train
Sakae Ito
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Saito
1957
Taikouki
Takeda Shingen
1965
Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
Asian Americans
Self
2020
Swiss Family Robinson
Kuala, Pirate Chief
1960
Green Mansions
Runi
1959
The Geisha Boy
Mr. Sikita
1958
House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito
1955
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
2019
Daughter of the Dragon
Ah Kee
1931
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
Tomoyuki Yamashita
1953
His Birthright
Yukio
1918His Birthright
Story
1918His Birthright
Producer
1918
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Hashimura Togo
Hashimura Togo
1917
Hell to Eternity
General Matsui
1960
Tempête sur l'Asie
Prinz Ling
1938
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
2002
The Battle
Le Marquis Yorisaka
1923The Battle
Director
1923
Tokyo Joe
Baron Kimura
1949
Five Days to Live
Tai Leung
1922
An Arabian Knight
Ahmed
1920
Three Came Home
Colonel Michio Suga
1950
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Self
1931
The Honor of His House
Count Ito Onato
1918
The Cheat
Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
1915
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
1922
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
Professeur Wang
1946
The Motherland Far Far Away
Joe Hayami
1950
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
The Daughter of the Samurai
Iwao Yamato
1937
Gambling Hell
Ying Tchaï
1942
Le Soleil de minuit
Matsui
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
1921
The Daydreamer
The Mole (voice)
1966
The Brand of Lopez
Vasco Lopez
1920
Forfaiture
Prince Hu-Long
1937
The Jaguar's Claws
El Jaguar
1917
Alien Souls
Sakata
1916
The Soul of Kura San
Toyo
1916
The Last of the Line
Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
1914
Patrouille blanche
1942
A Heart in Pawn
Tomaya
1919I Have Killed
Hideo
1924
Each to His Kind
Rhandah
1917
The Wrath of the Gods
Lord Yamaki
1914
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
1922
The Call of the East
Arai Takada
1917
Forbidden Paths
Sato
1917Sen Yan’s Devotion
Sen Yan
1924The White Man's Law
John A. Genghis
1918Running Hollywood
Sessue Hayakawa
1932
John Gunther's High Road
Self
1959
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
1958
His Debt
Goto Mariyama
1919
The City of Dim Faces
Jang Lung
1918
Yoshiwara
Ysamo, Kuli
1937
The Great Prince Shan
Prince Shan
1924
The First Born
Chan Wang
1921The First Born
Producer
1921
The Illustrious Prince
Prince Maiyo
1919
The Bottle Imp
Lopaka
1917
The Tong Man
Luk Chen
1919
The Secret Game
Nara-Nara
1917
Where Lights Are Low
T''Su Wong Shih
1921Where Lights Are Low
Producer
1921
The Devil's Claim
Akbar Khan / Hassan
1920
The Gray Horizon
Yamo Masata
1919Banzai
The American General
1918
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
Awanokami Katsu
1953
The Honorable Friend
Makino
1916
The Chinatown Mystery
Yo Hong
1915
日本敗れず
1954
The Temple Of Dusk
Akira
1918
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
47 Vendettas
Sakon Tachibana
1953Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
The Big Wave
The Old Man
1961
O Mimi san
Yorotomo
1914
Li Ting Lang
Li Ting Lang
1920
The Beggar Prince
Nikki / Prince
1920
After Five
Oki - the Valet
1915
Black Roses
Yoda
1921Black Roses
Producer
1921
The Clue
Nogi
1915
The Danger Line
Marquis Yorisaka
1924
The Dragon Painter
Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
1919
Lover's Duet
Tajima
1967
The Man Beneath
Dr. Chindi Ashutor
1919
The Courageous Coward
Suki Iota
1919
The Secret Sin
Lin Foo
1915
The Vermilion Pencil
Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
1922
The Bravest Way
Kara Tamura
1918
The Death Mask
Running Wolf
1914
Malaria
1943
The Typhoon
Tokorama
1914
Temptation
Opera Admirer
1915
Bonds of Honor
Yamashito / Sasamoto
1919
Hidden Pearls
Tom Garvin
1918
The Swamp
Wang
1921The Swamp
Story
1921
The Frozen Moment
Self
1964
Quartier chinois
Tchang
1947The Sun Rises from the East
Kenji
1932The Sun Rises from the East
Director
1932
The Victoria Cross
Azimoolah
1916