Sessue Hayakawa
Highest Rated: 100% The Courageous Coward (1919)
Lowest Rated: 60% The Vermillion Pencil (1922)
Birthday: Jun 10, 1889
Birthplace: Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Established himself as a villainous mainstay of the silent era with his appearances in "The Typhoon" (1914) and C.B. DeMille's "The Cheat" (1915). After his appearance in the latter, Hayakawa became the first person of Asian descent to reach star status in Hollywood film (his wife, Tsuri Aoki, also acted in silent films). After a lengthy stay in Europe, Hayakawa made a US comeback as a character player, earning acclaim and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as a steely-eyed Japanese officer in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957).
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Sessue Hayakawa
Filmography
Movies
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The Daydreamer | The Mole (Voice) | - | 1966 |
82% |
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Swiss Family Robinson | Kuala, Pirate Chief (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Wave | The Old Man (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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Green Mansions | Runi (Character) | - | 1959 |
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The Geisha Boy | Mr. Sikita (Character) | - | 1958 |
96% |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai | Colonel Saito (Character) | - | 1957 |
85% |
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House of Bamboo | Inspector Kito (Character) | - | 1955 |
100% |
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Three Came Home | Colonel Suga (Character) | - | 1950 |
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Tokyo Joe | Baron Kimura (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gambling Hell | Ying Tchaï (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Storm Over Asia | Le prince Ling (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yoshiwara | Ysamo (Character) | - | 1937 |
71% |
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Daughter of the Dragon | Ah Kee (Character) | - | 1931 |
60% | No Score Yet | The Vermillion Pencil |
Tse Chan / |
- | 1922 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil's Claim |
Akbar Khan/ |
- | 1920 |
100% | No Score Yet | An Arabian Knight | Ahmed (Character) | - | 1920 |
91% |
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The Dragon Painter | Tatsu, the Dragon Painter (Character) | - | 1919 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Debt | Goto Mariyama (Character) | - | 1919 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Courageous Coward | Suki Iota (Character) | - | 1919 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tong Man | Luk Chen (Character) | - | 1919 |
80% | No Score Yet | The Gray Horizon | Yano Masata (Character) | - | 1919 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Honor of His House | Count Ito Onato (Character) | - | 1918 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banzai | Unknown (Character) | - | 1918 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Call of the East | Arai Takada (Character) | - | 1917 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bottle Imp | Lopaka (Character) | - | 1917 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forbidden Paths | Sato (Character) | - | 1917 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Game | Nara-Nara (Character) | - | 1917 |
90% |
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The Cheat | Tori (Character) | - | 1915 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Typhoon | Tokorama (Character) | - | 1914 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | O Mimi San | Unknown (Character) | - | 1914 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Takasuka (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Sakae Ito (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Sato (Character) | 1958 |