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Sessue Hayakawa

1889-06-10

The 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 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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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Swiss Family Robinson

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House of Bamboo

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Tokyo Joe

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The Daydreamer

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The Geisha Boy

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悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

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Three Came Home

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Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

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Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

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Hell to Eternity

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Daughter of the Dragon

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

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Lover's Duet

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The Victoria Cross

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Green Mansions

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The Cheat

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日本敗れず

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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

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The Clue

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