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Sessue Hayakawa

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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…

Filmography97 films
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  1. Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood2019
  2. Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007
  3. Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making2002
  4. Lover's Duet1967
  5. The Daydreamer1966
  6. The Frozen Moment1964
  7. The Big Wave1961
  8. Swiss Family Robinson1960
  9. Escape to Paradise/Water Birds1960
  10. Hell to Eternity1960
  11. John Gunther's High Road1959
  12. Green Mansions1959
  13. The Geisha Boy1958
  14. The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958
  15. The Bridge on the River Kwai1957
  16. House of Bamboo1955
  17. 日本敗れず1954
  18. Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū1953
  19. The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki1953
  20. 47 Vendettas1953
  21. Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom1950
  22. Les Miserables I: God and the Devil1950
  23. The Motherland Far Far Away1950
  24. Three Came Home1950
  25. Tokyo Joe1949
  26. Quartier chinois1947
  27. Le Cabaret du Grand Large1946
  28. Le Soleil de minuit1943
  29. Malaria1943
  30. Gambling Hell1942
  31. Patrouille blanche1942
  32. Tempête sur l'Asie1938
  33. Forfaiture1937
  34. Yoshiwara1937
  35. The Daughter of the Samurai1937
  36. The Sun Rises from the East1932
  37. Running Hollywood1932
  38. Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks1931
  39. Daughter of the Dragon1931
  40. I Have Killed1924
  41. Sen Yan’s Devotion1924
  42. The Danger Line1924
  43. The Great Prince Shan1924
  44. The Battle1923
  45. Night Life in Hollywood1922
  46. Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 121922
  47. The Vermilion Pencil1922
  48. Five Days to Live1922
  49. The Swamp1921
  50. Where Lights Are Low1921
  51. Black Roses1921
  52. Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)1921
  53. The First Born1921
  54. An Arabian Knight1920
  55. Li Ting Lang1920
  56. The Devil's Claim1920
  57. The Brand of Lopez1920
  58. The Beggar Prince1920
  59. The Tong Man1919
  60. The Illustrious Prince1919
  61. Bonds of Honor1919
  62. The Dragon Painter1919
  63. The Gray Horizon1919
  64. The Man Beneath1919
  65. His Debt1919
  66. The Courageous Coward1919
  67. A Heart in Pawn1919
  68. The Temple Of Dusk1918
  69. Banzai1918
  70. His Birthright1918
  71. The City of Dim Faces1918
  72. The Bravest Way1918
  73. The White Man's Law1918
  74. The Honor of His House1918
  75. Hidden Pearls1918
  76. The Secret Game1917
  77. The Call of the East1917
  78. Hashimura Togo1917
  79. Forbidden Paths1917
  80. The Jaguar's Claws1917
  81. The Bottle Imp1917
  82. Each to His Kind1917
  83. The Victoria Cross1916
  84. The Soul of Kura San1916
  85. The Honorable Friend1916
  86. Alien Souls1916
  87. Temptation1915
  88. The Cheat1915
  89. The Secret Sin1915
  90. The Clue1915
  91. The Chinatown Mystery1915
  92. After Five1915
  93. The Last of the Line1914
  94. The Typhoon1914
  95. The Death Mask1914
  96. The Wrath of the Gods1914
  97. O Mimi san1914
  1. Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood2019
  2. Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007
  3. Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making2002