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      Sessue Hayakawa

      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).

      Highest rated movies

      Three Came Home
      An Arabian Knight
      The Courageous Coward
      The Bridge on the River Kwai
      The Dragon Painter
      The Cheat
      House of Bamboo
      Swiss Family Robinson

      Photos

      HIDDEN PEARLS, unidentified actress, Sessue Hayakawa, 1918 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, Sessue Hayakawa, 1957 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, director David Lean, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa on set, 1957 THE BIG WAVE, Sessue Hayakawa, 1961 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, from left: director David Lean, Sessue Hayakawa on set, 1957, tbotrk1957-fsct02(tbotrk1957-fsct02) TOKYO JOE, Humphrey Bogart, Sessue Hayakawa, 1949 BRAND OF LOPEZ, THE, Sessue Hayakawa, as Spanish bull fighter 'Vasco Lopez', 1920 TOKYO JOE, Sessue Hayakawa, 1949 THREE CAME HOME, Sessue Hayakawa, 1950, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THREE CAME HOME, Sessue Hayakawa, 1950, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. HELL TO ETERNITY, Sessue Hayakawa, 1960 THE CHEAT, Fannie Ward, Utake Abe, Sessue Hayakawa, 1915 GREEN MANSIONS, Sessue Hayakawa, 1959 THE CHEAT, Fannie Ward, Utake Abe, Sessue Hayakawa, 1915 THE CHEAT, Sessue Hayakawa, Fannie Ward, 1915 THE BOTTLE IMP, Sessue Hayakawa, 1917 HELL TO ETERNITY, Sessue Hayakawa, Jeffrey Hunter, 1960 HELL TO ETERNITY, Sessue Hayakawa, Jeffrey Hunter, 1960 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, Sessue Hayakawa (pointing), 1957, tbotrk1957-fsct08(tbotrk1957-fsct08) TOKYO JOE, Humphrey Bogart, Sessue Hayakawa, ?, 1949
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 40% The Daydreamer The Mole (Voice) - 1966
      82% 78% 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 28% Green Mansions Runi (Character) - 1959
      No Score Yet 67% The Geisha Boy Mr. Sikita (Character) - 1958
      96% 93% The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Saito (Character) - 1957
      85% 58% House of Bamboo Inspector Kito (Character) - 1955
      100% 69% Three Came Home Colonel Suga (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 39% 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% 29% Daughter of the Dragon Ah Kee (Character) - 1931
      60% No Score Yet The Vermillion Pencil Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan (Character) - 1922
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Devil's Claim Akbar Khan/Hassan (Character) - 1920
      100% No Score Yet An Arabian Knight Ahmed (Character) - 1920
      90% 67% 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% 47% 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

      Credit
      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