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==Beginnings==
==Beginnings==
Hayakawa and his wife [[Tsuru Aoki]] (1892-1961), were born in Japan but following different paths had, in 1913, both joined a Japanese theater group in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. There they were discovered and put under contract by the pioneering motion picture producer Thomas Ince, who was recruiting “exotic” performers for his new film studio in Santa Monica. (For instance, Ince had also negotiated with the Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show, which included a troupe of actual Sioux, to appear in his Westerns in exchange for winter grazing rights). After appearing in a couple of short films, Hayakawa and Aoki made their first feature, [[The Wrath of the Gods (Movie) | The Wrath of the Gods]], released in May of 1914 just weeks after their marriage.
Hayakawa and his wife [[Tsuru Aoki]] (1892-1961), were born in Japan but following different paths had, in 1913, both joined a Japanese theater group in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. There they were discovered and put under contract by the pioneering motion picture producer Thomas Ince, who was recruiting “exotic” performers for his new film studio in Santa Monica. (For instance, Ince had also negotiated with the Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show, which included a troupe of actual Sioux, to appear in his Westerns in exchange for winter grazing rights). After appearing in a couple of short films, Hayakawa and Aoki made their first feature, [[The Wrath of the Gods (Movie) | The Wrath of the Gods]], released in May of 1914 just weeks after their marriage.
==Links==
* [https://caamedia.org/blog/2014/04/24/asian-american-silent-film-stars/ Asian American Silent Film Stars]]
* Miyao, Daisuke (2007). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessue_Hayakawa:_Silent_Cinema_and_Transnational_Stardom Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom]. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-3969-4.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==


===Late TV Appearances===
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="70%"
* 1963 Route 66 (TV Series)
! Career Phase !! Year !! Title !! Role
** Two Strangers and an Old Enemy (1963) ... Takasuka
|-
* 1958 [[The Geisha Boy (Movie) | The Geisha Boy]] as Mr. Sikita
| Late TV Appearances || 1963 || Route 66 (TV Series) || Takasuka
* 1958 Wagon Train (TV Series) as Sakae Ito
|-
** The Sakae Ito Story (1958) ... Sakae Ito
| Late TV Appearances || 1958 || The Geisha Boy || Mr. Sikita
* 1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as Japanese Officer
|-
** Bolivar and the Lost Patrol (1958) ... Japanese Officer
| Late TV Appearances || 1958 || Wagon Train (TV Series) || Sakae Ito
** Episode #7.27 (1958) ... Japanese Officer
|-
* 1958 Studio One (TV Series) as Dr. Sato
| Late TV Appearances || 1958 || The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) || Japanese Officer
** Kurishiki Incident (1958) ... Dr. Sato
|-
* 1958 Kraft Theatre (TV Series) as Japanese soldier
| Late TV Appearances || 1958 || Studio One (TV Series) || Dr. Sato
** The Sea Is Boiling Hot (1958) ... Japanese soldier
|-
| Late TV Appearances || 1958 || Kraft Theatre (TV Series) || Japanese soldier
|-
| Late Films || 1967 || Junjô nijûsô || Tajima (final film role)
|-
| Late Films || 1966 || The Daydreamer || The Mole (voice)
|-
| Late Films || 1961 || The Big Wave || The Old Man
|-
| Late Films || 1960 || Swiss Family Robinson || Kuala, Pirate Chief
|-
| Late Films || 1960 || Hell to Eternity || Gen. Matsui
|-
| Late Films || 1959 || Green Mansions || Runi
|-
| Late Films || 1958 || The Geisha Boy || Mr. Sikita
|-
| Late Films || 1957 || The Bridge on the River Kwai || Colonel Saito
|-
| Late Films || 1955 || House of Bamboo || Insp. Kita (dubbed by Richard Loo)
|-
| Late Films || 1954 || Nihon yaburezu ||
|-
| Late Films || 1953 || Kurama Tengu to Katsu Kaishû || Awanokami Katsu
|-
| Late Films || 1953 || Onna kanja himon - Akô rôshi || Sakon Tachibana
|-
| Late Films || 1950 || Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata ||
|-
| Late Films || 1950 || Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma ||
|-
| Late Films || 1950 || Harukanari haha no kuni || Joe Hayami
|-
| Late Films || 1950 || Three Came Home || Col. Mitsuo Suga
|-
| Late Films || 1949 || Tokyo Joe || Baron Kimura
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1947 || Quartier chinois || Tchang
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1946 || Le cabaret du grand large || Professeur Wang
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1943 || Le soleil de minuit || Matsui
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1943 || Malaria || Saïdi
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1942 || Gambling Hell || Ying Tchaï
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1942 || Patrouille blanche || Halloway
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1938 || Tempête sur l'Asie || Le prince Ling
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1937 || The Cheat || Prince Hu-Long
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1937 || Yoshiwara || Ysamo, Kuli (France)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1937 || Atarashiki tsuchi || Iwao Yamato (German-Japanese)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1935 || Kuni o mamoru mono: Nichiren || Nichiren (Japan)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1935 || Tôjin Okichi || Townsend Harris (Japan)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1934 || Bakugeki hikôtai || (Japan)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1932 || The Sun Rise from the East || Kenji
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1932 || Running Hollywood (Short) || Sessue Hayakawa
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1931 || Daughter of the Dragon || Ah Kee (USA)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1929 || Sessue Hayakawa in 'the Man Who Laughed Last' (Short) ||
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1924 || Have Killed || Hideo - l'antiquaire japonais
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1924 || Sen Yan's Devotion || Sen Yan
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1924 || The Great Prince Shan || Prince Shan
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1924 || The Danger Line || Marquis Yorisaka
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1923 || The Battle || Le Marquis Yorisaka
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1922 || The Vermilion Pencil || Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan (USA)
|-
| European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) || 1922 || Five Days to Live || Tai Leung
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || A Heart in Pawn || Tomaya
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || The Courageous Coward || Suki Iota
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || His Debt || Goto Mariyama
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || The Man Beneath || Dr. Chindi Ashutor
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || The Gray Horizon || Yamo Masata
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || The Dragon Painter || Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || Bonds of Honor || Yamashito / Sasamoto
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || The Illustrious Prince || Prince Maiyo
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1919 || The Tong Man || Luk Chen
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1920 || The Beggar Prince || Nikki / Prince
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1920 || The Brand of Lopez || Vasco Lopez
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1920 || The Devil's Claim || Akbar Khan / Hassan
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1920 || Li Ting Lang || Li Ting Lang
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1920 || An Arabian Knight || Ahmed
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1921 || The First Born || Chan Wang
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1921 || Black Roses || Yoda
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1921 || Where Lights Are Low || Tsu Wong Shih
|-
| Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) || 1921 || The Swamp || Wang
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || After Five || Oki - the Valet
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || The Famine || Horisho
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || The Chinatown Mystery || Yo Hong
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || The Clue || Nogi
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || The Secret Sin || Lin Foo
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || The Cheat || Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1915 || Temptation || Opera Admirer
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1916 || Alien Souls


===Late Films===
|| Sakata
* Junjô nijûsô (1967) as Tajima (final film role)
|-
* The Daydreamer (1966) as The Mole (voice)
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1916 || The Honorable Friend || Makino
* The Big Wave (1961) as The Old Man
|-
* Swiss Family Robinson (1960) as Kuala, Pirate Chief
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1916 || The Soul of Kura San || Toyo
* Hell to Eternity (1960) as Gen. Matsui
|-
* Green Mansions (1959) as Runi
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1916 || The Victoria Cross || Azimoolah
* [[The Geisha Boy (Movie) | The Geisha Boy]] (1958) as Mr. Sikita
|-
* [[The Bridge on the River Kwai (Movie) | The Bridge on the River Kwai]] (1957) (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor) as Colonel Saito
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || Each to His Kind || Rhandah
* House of Bamboo (1955) as Insp. Kita (dubbed by Richard Loo)
|-
* Nihon yaburezu (1954)
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || The Bottle Imp || Lopaka
* Kurama Tengu to Katsu Kaishû (1953) as Awanokami Katsu
|-
* Onna kanja himon - Akô rôshi (1953) as Sakon Tachibana
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || The Jaguar's Claws || El Jaguar
* Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata (1950)
|-
* Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma (1950)
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || Forbidden Paths || Sato
* Harukanari haha no kuni (1950) as Joe Hayami
|-
* Three Came Home (1950) as Col. Mitsuo Suga
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || Hashimura Togo || Hashimura Togo
* [[Tokyo Joe (Movie) | Tokyo Joe]] (1949) as Baron Kimura
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || The Call of the East || Arai Takada
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1917 || The Secret Game ||
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || The Hidden Pearls || Tom Garvin
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || The Honor of His House || Count Ito Onato
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || The White Man's Law || John A. Genghis
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || The Bravest Way || Kara Tamura
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || The City of Dim Faces || Jang Lung
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || His Birthright || Yukio
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || Banzai || The American General
|-
| Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) || 1918 || The Temple of Dusk || Akira
|-
| Thomas Ince Films (1914) || 1914 || The Typhoon || Tokorama
|-
| Thomas Ince Films (1914) || 1914 || The Wrath of the Gods || Lord Yamaki
|-
| Thomas Ince Films (1914) || 1914 || The Sacrifice ||
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Last of the Line (Short) || Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || Mother of the Shadows (Short) || Running Elk
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Vigil (Short) || Kenjiro
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || Nipped (Short) || Taro Kamura
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Hateful God (Short) || (unconfirmed)
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Death Mask (Short) || Running Wolf
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1941 || Star of the North ||
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Village 'Neath the Sea (Short) || Red Elk
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Curse of Caste (Short) || Kato Matsumoto
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || A Relic of Old Japan (Short) || Koto
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || A Tragedy of the Orient (Short) || Kato
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Ambassador's Envoy (Short) || Kamuri
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Geisha (Short) || Takura
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || The Courtship of O San (Short) || Shotoku
|-
| Early Work (1914) || 1914 || O Mimi San (Short) || Yorotomo
|}


===European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947)===
==Links==
* 1947 Quartier chinois as Tchang
* [https://caamedia.org/blog/2014/04/24/asian-american-silent-film-stars/ Asian American Silent Film Stars]]
* 1946 Le cabaret du grand large as Professeur Wang
* Miyao, Daisuke (2007). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessue_Hayakawa:_Silent_Cinema_and_Transnational_Stardom Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom]. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-3969-4.
* 1943 Le soleil de minuit as Matsui
* 1943 Malaria as Saïdi
* 1942 Gambling Hell as Ying Tchaï
* 1942 Patrouille blanche as Halloway
* 1938 Tempête sur l'Asie as Le prince Ling
* 1937 The Cheat as Prince Hu-Long
* 1937 Yoshiwara as Ysamo, Kuli (France)
* 1937 Atarashiki tsuchi as Iwao Yamato (German-Japanese)
* 1935 Kuni o mamoru mono: Nichiren as Nichiren (Japan)
* 1935 Tôjin Okichi as Townsend Harris (Japan)
*1934 Bakugeki hikôtai (Japan)
* 1932 The Sun Rise from the East as Kenji
* 1932 Running Hollywood (Short) as Sessue Hayakawa
* 1931 Daughter of the Dragon as Ah Kee (USA)
* 1929 Sessue Hayakawa in 'the Man Who Laughed Last' (Short)
* 1924 Have Killed as Hideo - l'antiquaire japonais
* 1924 Sen Yan's Devotion as Sen Yan
* 1924 The Great Prince Shan as Prince Shan
* 1924 The Danger Line as Marquis Yorisaka
* 1923 The Battle as Le Marquis Yorisaka
* 1922 The Vermilion Pencil as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan (USA)
* 1922 Five Days to Live as Tai Leung
 
===Haworth Pictures 1919-1921===
* A Heart in Pawn (1919) as Tomaya
* The Courageous Coward (1919) as Suki Iota
* His Debt (1919) as Goto Mariyama
* The Man Beneath (1919) as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
* The Gray Horizon (1919) as Yamo Masata
* The Dragon Painter (1919) as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
* Bonds of Honor (1919) as Yamashito / Sasamoto
* The Illustrious Prince (1919) as Prince Maiyo
* The Tong Man (1919) as Luk Chen
* The Beggar Prince (1920) as Nikki / Prince
* The Brand of Lopez (1920) as Vasco Lopez
* The Devil's Claim (1920) as Akbar Khan / Hassan
* Li Ting Lang (1920) as Li Ting Lang
* An Arabian Knight (1920) as Ahmed
* The First Born (1921) as Chan Wang
* Black Roses (1921) as Yoda
* Where Lights Are Low (1921) as Tsu Wong Shih
* The Swamp (1921) as Wang
 
===Famous Player Lasky Films (1915-1918)===
* After Five (1915) as Oki - the Valet
* The Famine (1915) as Horisho
* The Chinatown Mystery (1915) as Yo Hong
* The Clue (1915) as Nogi
* The Secret Sin (1915) as Lin Foo
* [[The Cheat (Movie)|The Cheat]] (1915) as Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau
* Temptation (1915) as Opera Admirer
* Alien Souls (1916) as Sakata
* The Honorable Friend (1916) as Makino
* The Soul of Kura San (1916) as Toyo
* The Victoria Cross (1916) as Azimoolah
* Each to His Kind (1917) as Rhandah
* The Bottle Imp (1917) as Lopaka
* The Jaguar's Claws (1917) as El Jaguar
* Forbidden Paths (1917) as Sato
* Hashimura Togo (1917) as Hashimura Togo
* The Call of the East (1917) as Arai Takada
* The Secret Game (1917)
* The Hidden Pearls (1918) as Tom Garvin
* The Honor of His House (1918) as Count Ito Onato
* The White Man's Law (1918) as John A. Genghis
* The Bravest Way (1918) as Kara Tamura
* The City of Dim Faces (1918) as Jang Lung
* His Birthright (1918) as Yukio
* Banzai (1918) as The American General
* The Temple of Dusk (1918) as Akira
 
===Thomas Ince Films (1914)===
* 1914 The Typhoon as Tokorama
* 1914 The Wrath of the Gods as Lord Yamaki
* 1914 The Sacrifice
 
===Early Work (1914)===
* 1914 The Last of the Line (Short) as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
* 1914 Mother of the Shadows (Short) as Running Elk
* 1914 The Vigil (Short) as Kenjiro
* 1914 Nipped (Short) as Taro Kamura
* 1914 The Hateful God (Short) (unconfirmed)
* 1914 The Death Mask (Short) as Running Wolf
* 1941 Star of the North
* 1914 The Village 'Neath the Sea (Short) as Red Elk
* 1914 The Curse of Caste (Short) as Kato Matsumoto
* 1914 A Relic of Old Japan (Short) as Koto
* 1914 A Tragedy of the Orient (Short) as Kato
* 1914 The Ambassador's Envoy (Short) as Kamuri
* 1914 The Geisha (Short) as Takura
* 1914 The Courtship of O San (Short) as Shotoku
* 1914 O Mimi San (Short) as Yorotomo


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Kintaro Hayakawa (早川 金太郎 ; June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973), known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa (早川 雪洲), was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was one of the most popular stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly handsome" good looks and typecasting as a sexually dominant villain made him a heartthrob among American women during a time of racial discrimination, and he became one of the first male sex symbols of Hollywood.

He made his breakthrough in The Cheat (1915), and thereafter became famous for his roles as a forbidden lover. Hayakawa was a highly paid star of his time, earning $3,500 a week in 1919 and $2 million through his own production company from 1918 to 1920. Because of rising anti-Japanese sentiment and business difficulties, Hayakawa left Hollywood in 1922 and performed on Broadway and in Japan and Europe for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in Daughter of the Dragon (1931).

Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Kuala, the pirate captain in Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film) and Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hayakawa starred in over 80 feature films, and three of his films (The Cheat, The Dragon Painter, and The Bridge on the River Kwai) stand in the United States National Film Registry.

Sessue Hayakawa's Argyle Castle; 1904 Argyle Avenue, Los Angeles

Sessue Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian American/Asian actors to find stardom in the United States and Europe and was also the first leading Asian male actor in the United States. He became the first male sex symbol of Hollywood long before and the precursor to Rudolph Valentino. His fame rivaled that of Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. His fame began during the silent film era, leading into sound pictures in his later life. He became a film actor in a somewhat reluctant and accidental manner when the famous producer Thomas Ince saw his theatre play The Typhoon and wanted to turn it into a silent film and when it was released the film was an instant hit. With rising stardom he was eventually offered film contract by Famous Players-Lasky now Paramount Pictures. His second film with the production company, The Cheat (1915), was a success and made him a romantic hit with U.S. female audiences. He became a leading man of romance films, considered a heartthrob and a sex symbol; many actresses wanted to work with him in films, in which he was often cast as the exotic male Asian lover that women desired. After years of being typecast as a villain and exotic Asian lover that white women could not have, he decided to start his own production company, where he eventually made 23 films; he produced, starred in, and directed them, and contributed to their design, writing and editing. His films also influenced the way the United States viewed Asians. He personally chose American actress Marin Sais to appear opposite him in his films such as The City of Dim Faces and His Birthright. Hayakawa's collaboration with Sais ended with the film Bonds of Honor (1919). In 1919, Hayakawa made what is generally considered one of his best films, The Dragon Painter. After some bad business, he left the United States and for the next 15 years he worked in Europe and Japan where he made many popular films and plays such as the films The Great Prince Chan and the play Samurai which he performed for the king and queen of the United Kingdom at that time King George V and Queen Mary and a stage play version of The Three Musketeers. His fame in France came from France's fascination with anything Asian. In the 1930s with the rise of Talkies and growing Anti-Japanese sentiment due to World War II. During the war, he tried to perform in Europe but eventually became trapped by the Germans and for years was not able to work as an actor until Humphrey Bogart tracked him and down and offered him a role in his film Tokyo Joe (1949) which became a hit and afterwards he did another successful film Three Came Home (1950). After the war his image in films this time was as the honorable villain which he became typecasted as and from it he starred in what is considered to be his most famous film of his entire career The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) for which he was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. On February 8, 1960, in a joint ceremony with Anna May Wong,

Hayakawa became the first Asian American actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Beginnings[edit]

Hayakawa and his wife Tsuru Aoki (1892-1961), were born in Japan but following different paths had, in 1913, both joined a Japanese theater group in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. There they were discovered and put under contract by the pioneering motion picture producer Thomas Ince, who was recruiting “exotic” performers for his new film studio in Santa Monica. (For instance, Ince had also negotiated with the Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show, which included a troupe of actual Sioux, to appear in his Westerns in exchange for winter grazing rights). After appearing in a couple of short films, Hayakawa and Aoki made their first feature, The Wrath of the Gods, released in May of 1914 just weeks after their marriage.

Appearances[edit]

Career Phase Year Title Role
Late TV Appearances 1963 Route 66 (TV Series) Takasuka
Late TV Appearances 1958 The Geisha Boy Mr. Sikita
Late TV Appearances 1958 Wagon Train (TV Series) Sakae Ito
Late TV Appearances 1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) Japanese Officer
Late TV Appearances 1958 Studio One (TV Series) Dr. Sato
Late TV Appearances 1958 Kraft Theatre (TV Series) Japanese soldier
Late Films 1967 Junjô nijûsô Tajima (final film role)
Late Films 1966 The Daydreamer The Mole (voice)
Late Films 1961 The Big Wave The Old Man
Late Films 1960 Swiss Family Robinson Kuala, Pirate Chief
Late Films 1960 Hell to Eternity Gen. Matsui
Late Films 1959 Green Mansions Runi
Late Films 1958 The Geisha Boy Mr. Sikita
Late Films 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Saito
Late Films 1955 House of Bamboo Insp. Kita (dubbed by Richard Loo)
Late Films 1954 Nihon yaburezu
Late Films 1953 Kurama Tengu to Katsu Kaishû Awanokami Katsu
Late Films 1953 Onna kanja himon - Akô rôshi Sakon Tachibana
Late Films 1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata
Late Films 1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma
Late Films 1950 Harukanari haha no kuni Joe Hayami
Late Films 1950 Three Came Home Col. Mitsuo Suga
Late Films 1949 Tokyo Joe Baron Kimura
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1947 Quartier chinois Tchang
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1946 Le cabaret du grand large Professeur Wang
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1943 Le soleil de minuit Matsui
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1943 Malaria Saïdi
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1942 Gambling Hell Ying Tchaï
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1942 Patrouille blanche Halloway
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1938 Tempête sur l'Asie Le prince Ling
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1937 The Cheat Prince Hu-Long
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1937 Yoshiwara Ysamo, Kuli (France)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1937 Atarashiki tsuchi Iwao Yamato (German-Japanese)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1935 Kuni o mamoru mono: Nichiren Nichiren (Japan)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1935 Tôjin Okichi Townsend Harris (Japan)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1934 Bakugeki hikôtai (Japan)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1932 The Sun Rise from the East Kenji
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1932 Running Hollywood (Short) Sessue Hayakawa
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1931 Daughter of the Dragon Ah Kee (USA)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1929 Sessue Hayakawa in 'the Man Who Laughed Last' (Short)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1924 Have Killed Hideo - l'antiquaire japonais
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1924 Sen Yan's Devotion Sen Yan
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1924 The Great Prince Shan Prince Shan
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1924 The Danger Line Marquis Yorisaka
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1923 The Battle Le Marquis Yorisaka
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1922 The Vermilion Pencil Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan (USA)
European, American and Japanese Films (1922-1947) 1922 Five Days to Live Tai Leung
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 A Heart in Pawn Tomaya
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 The Courageous Coward Suki Iota
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 His Debt Goto Mariyama
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 The Man Beneath Dr. Chindi Ashutor
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 The Gray Horizon Yamo Masata
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 The Dragon Painter Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 Bonds of Honor Yamashito / Sasamoto
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 The Illustrious Prince Prince Maiyo
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1919 The Tong Man Luk Chen
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1920 The Beggar Prince Nikki / Prince
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1920 The Brand of Lopez Vasco Lopez
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1920 The Devil's Claim Akbar Khan / Hassan
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1920 Li Ting Lang Li Ting Lang
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1920 An Arabian Knight Ahmed
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1921 The First Born Chan Wang
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1921 Black Roses Yoda
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1921 Where Lights Are Low Tsu Wong Shih
Haworth Pictures (1919-1921) 1921 The Swamp Wang
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 After Five Oki - the Valet
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 The Famine Horisho
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 The Chinatown Mystery Yo Hong
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 The Clue Nogi
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 The Secret Sin Lin Foo
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 The Cheat Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1915 Temptation Opera Admirer
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1916 Alien Souls Sakata
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1916 The Honorable Friend Makino
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1916 The Soul of Kura San Toyo
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1916 The Victoria Cross Azimoolah
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 Each to His Kind Rhandah
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 The Bottle Imp Lopaka
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 The Jaguar's Claws El Jaguar
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 Forbidden Paths Sato
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 Hashimura Togo Hashimura Togo
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 The Call of the East Arai Takada
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1917 The Secret Game
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 The Hidden Pearls Tom Garvin
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 The Honor of His House Count Ito Onato
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 The White Man's Law John A. Genghis
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 The Bravest Way Kara Tamura
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 The City of Dim Faces Jang Lung
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 His Birthright Yukio
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 Banzai The American General
Famous Players-Lasky Films (1915-1918) 1918 The Temple of Dusk Akira
Thomas Ince Films (1914) 1914 The Typhoon Tokorama
Thomas Ince Films (1914) 1914 The Wrath of the Gods Lord Yamaki
Thomas Ince Films (1914) 1914 The Sacrifice
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Last of the Line (Short) Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
Early Work (1914) 1914 Mother of the Shadows (Short) Running Elk
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Vigil (Short) Kenjiro
Early Work (1914) 1914 Nipped (Short) Taro Kamura
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Hateful God (Short) (unconfirmed)
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Death Mask (Short) Running Wolf
Early Work (1914) 1941 Star of the North
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Village 'Neath the Sea (Short) Red Elk
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Curse of Caste (Short) Kato Matsumoto
Early Work (1914) 1914 A Relic of Old Japan (Short) Koto
Early Work (1914) 1914 A Tragedy of the Orient (Short) Kato
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Ambassador's Envoy (Short) Kamuri
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Geisha (Short) Takura
Early Work (1914) 1914 The Courtship of O San (Short) Shotoku
Early Work (1914) 1914 O Mimi San (Short) Yorotomo

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