Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

Born June 10, 1889 · Died November 23, 1973

Nanaura, Chiba, Japan

Biography

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...

Filmography

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in HollywoodWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSwiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the MakingLover's DuetThe DaydreamerThe Big WaveSwiss Family RobinsonEscape to Paradise/Water BirdsHell to EternityJohn Gunther's High RoadGreen MansionsThe Geisha BoyThe Rise and Fall of a Jungle GiantThe Bridge on the River KwaiHouse of Bamboo日本敗れずKurama Tengu and Katsu KaishūThe Tragic General: Yamashita TomoyukiLes Miserables II: Banner of Love and FreedomLes Miserables I: God and the DevilThree Came HomeTokyo JoeForfaitureYoshiwaraThe Daughter of the SamuraiDaughter of the DragonNight Life in HollywoodThe SwampThe First BornThe Tong ManHidden PearlsThe Secret GameEach to His KindThe Victoria CrossTemptationThe CheatAfter FiveThe Typhoon
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