Sessue Hayakawa

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    早川雪洲, Kintarō Hayakawa, 早川 金太郎

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1889-06-10
  • event Death Date 1973-11-23
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 2.7
  • info Birth Place Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957-10-11

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House of Bamboo

1955-07-01

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The Honorable Friend

1916-08-27

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Temptation

1915-12-15

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The City of Dim Faces

1918-07-15

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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

1922-11-05

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Hell to Eternity

1960-08-01

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The Geisha Boy

1958-11-02

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Forfaiture

1937-11-24

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Green Mansions

1959-03-19

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Swiss Family Robinson

1960-12-21

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Tokyo Joe

1949-10-26

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The Cheat

1915-12-13

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Patrouille blanche

1942-03-05

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Le Soleil de minuit

1943-06-30

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Malaria

1943-06-30

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Le Cabaret du Grand Large

1946-10-30

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Quartier chinois

1947-03-07

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The Devil's Claim

1920-05-02

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The Dragon Painter

1919-09-28

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Three Came Home

1950-02-20

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Daughter of the Dragon

1931-09-24

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The Wrath of the Gods

1914-06-08

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John Gunther's High Road

1959-09-07

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The Tong Man

1919-12-14

5.5

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019-10-13

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The Last of the Line

1914-12-24

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Yoshiwara

1937-06-23

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The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

1958-01-01

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The Typhoon

1914-10-10

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The Daydreamer

1966-06-01

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Running Hollywood

1932-01-27

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The Death Mask

1914-09-25

5.3

The Daughter of the Samurai

1937-02-04

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The Clue

1915-07-08

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The Motherland Far Far Away

1950-03-05

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The Secret Game

1917-12-03

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His Birthright

1918-09-08

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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

1953-04-29

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Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950-11-03

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Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950-11-14

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The Frozen Moment

1964-03-09

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The Bottle Imp

1917-03-25

6.4

Gambling Hell

1942-04-11

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The Courageous Coward

1919-03-31

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The Man Beneath

1919-07-05

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Tempête sur l'Asie

1938-04-20

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The Call of the East

1917-10-15

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The Great Prince Shan

1924-05-01

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47 Vendettas

1953-03-31

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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

1921-02-22

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The Victoria Cross

1916-12-14

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The Battle

1923-12-23

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Lover's Duet

1967-09-30

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The Big Wave

1961-04-02

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The Temple Of Dusk

1918-10-20

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The Secret Sin

1915-10-21

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Where Lights Are Low

1921-09-04

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The First Born

1921-01-30

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An Arabian Knight

1920-08-22

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Bonds of Honor

1919-10-04

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Forbidden Paths

1917-07-12

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Hidden Pearls

1918-02-18

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The Honor of His House

1918-04-01

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Li Ting Lang

1920-07-24

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The Swamp

1921-10-30

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The White Man's Law

1918-05-06

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Black Roses

1921-05-22

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O Mimi san

1914-02-05

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Sen Yan’s Devotion

1924-07-01

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007-05-23

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I Have Killed

1924-10-25

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Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

1931-11-19

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A Heart in Pawn

1919-03-20

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The Bravest Way

1918-06-16

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Banzai

1918-10-01

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The Vermilion Pencil

1922-03-19

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Night Life in Hollywood

1922-11-15

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After Five

1915-01-28

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Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002-05-07

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Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1960-12-18

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The Soul of Kura San

1916-10-30

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Each to His Kind

1917-02-05

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Taikouki

1965-01-03

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Asian Americans

2020-05-11

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