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 Disneys 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.

Movies unavailable from Sessue Hayakawa

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Col. Saito

Movie 1957

House of Bamboo

Inspector Kito

Movie 1955

The Honorable Friend

Makino

Movie 1916

Temptation

Opera Admirer

Movie 1915

The City of Dim Faces

Jang Lung

Movie 1918

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

Self

Movie 1922

Hell to Eternity

General Matsui

Movie 1960

Forfaiture

Prince Hu-Long

Movie 1937

Swiss Family Robinson

Kuala, Pirate Chief

Movie 1960

Tokyo Joe

Baron Kimura

Movie 1949

The Cheat

Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]

Movie 1915

Patrouille blanche

Movie 1942

Le Soleil de minuit

Matsui

Movie 1943

Malaria

Movie 1943

Le Cabaret du Grand Large

Professeur Wang

Movie 1946

Quartier chinois

Tchang

Movie 1947

The Devil's Claim

Akbar Khan / Hassan

Movie 1920

The Dragon Painter

Tatsu - the Dragon Painter

Movie 1919

Three Came Home

Colonel Michio Suga

Movie 1950

Daughter of the Dragon

Ah Kee

Movie 1931

The Wrath of the Gods

Lord Yamaki

Movie 1914

John Gunther's High Road

Self

Movie 1959

The Tong Man

Luk Chen

Movie 1919

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

(archive footage)

Movie 2019

The Last of the Line

Tiah - Gray Otter's Son

Movie 1914

Yoshiwara

Ysamo, Kuli

Movie 1937

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

Self

Movie 1958

The Typhoon

Tokorama

Movie 1914

Running Hollywood

Sessue Hayakawa

Movie 1932

The Death Mask

Running Wolf

Movie 1914

The Daughter of the Samurai

Iwao Yamato

Movie 1937

The Clue

Nogi

Movie 1915

The Motherland Far Far Away

Joe Hayami

Movie 1950

The Secret Game

Nara-Nara

Movie 1917

His Birthright

Yukio

Movie 1918

悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

Movie 1953

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Movie 1950

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Movie 1950

The Frozen Moment

Self

Movie 1964

The Bottle Imp

Lopaka

Movie 1917

Gambling Hell

Ying Tchaï

Movie 1942

The Courageous Coward

Suki Iota

Movie 1919

The Man Beneath

Dr. Chindi Ashutor

Movie 1919

Tempête sur l'Asie

Prinz Ling

Movie 1938

The Call of the East

Arai Takada

Movie 1917

The Great Prince Shan

Prince Shan

Movie 1924

47 Vendettas

Sakon Tachibana

Movie 1953

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

Himself

Movie 1921

The Victoria Cross

Azimoolah

Movie 1916

The Battle

Le Marquis Yorisaka

Movie 1923

Lover's Duet

Tajima

Movie 1967

The Big Wave

The Old Man

Movie 1961

The Temple Of Dusk

Akira

Movie 1918

The Secret Sin

Lin Foo

Movie 1915

Where Lights Are Low

T''Su Wong Shih

Movie 1921

The Swamp

Wang

Movie 1921

Bonds of Honor

Yamashito / Sasamoto

Movie 1919

Li Ting Lang

Li Ting Lang

Movie 1920

An Arabian Knight

Ahmed

Movie 1920

The Honor of His House

Count Ito Onato

Movie 1918

Hidden Pearls

Tom Garvin

Movie 1918

The First Born

Chan Wang

Movie 1921

The White Man's Law

John A. Genghis

Movie 1918

Black Roses

Yoda

Movie 1921

Forbidden Paths

Sato

Movie 1917

Sen Yan’s Devotion

Sen Yan

Movie 1924

O Mimi san

Yorotomo

Movie 1914

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2007

I Have Killed

Hideo

Movie 1924

Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks

Self

Movie 1931

A Heart in Pawn

Tomaya

Movie 1919

The Bravest Way

Kara Tamura

Movie 1918

Banzai

The American General

Movie 1918

The Vermilion Pencil

Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan

Movie 1922

Night Life in Hollywood

Self

Movie 1922

After Five

Oki - the Valet

Movie 1915

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

Self (archive)

Movie 2002

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

Movie 1960

The Soul of Kura San

Toyo

Movie 1916

Each to His Kind

Rhandah

Movie 1917

Tv series unavailable from Sessue Hayakawa

Taikouki

Takeda Shingen

Tv 1965

Asian Americans

Self

Tv 2020