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Sessue Hayakawa

Acting
Born: June 10, 1889 in 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 Fairb...

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Film

96 Titles
The Bridge on the River Kwai
7.8
FILM
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957
Swiss Family Robinson
6.9
FILM
Swiss Family Robinson1960
Tokyo Joe
6.1
FILM
Tokyo Joe1949
The Geisha Boy
6.3
FILM
The Geisha Boy1958
Hell to Eternity
6.4
FILM
Hell to Eternity1960
Three Came Home
6.7
FILM
Three Came Home1950
House of Bamboo
6.2
FILM
House of Bamboo1955
The Daydreamer
5.1
FILM
The Daydreamer1966
Green Mansions
5.7
FILM
Green Mansions1959
The Swamp
8.0
FILM
The Swamp1921
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
7.0
FILM
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom1950
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.3
FILM
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
FILM
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki1953
Yoshiwara
8.5
FILM
Yoshiwara1937
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
9.0
FILM
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil1950
The Typhoon
FILM
The Typhoon1914

Series

3 Titles
Wagon Train
6.6
SERIES
Wagon Train1957–
Taikouki
SERIES
Taikouki1965–
Asian Americans
10.0
SERIES
Asian Americans2020–
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