Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

Acting

Born: 1889-06-10 · Nanaura, Chiba, Japan

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. Betwee…

MOVIES

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
Green Mansions
1959
The Geisha Boy
1958
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
House of Bamboo
1955
Hell to Eternity
1960
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Tokyo Joe
1949
The Daydreamer
1966
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Forfaiture
1937