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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. | 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). | He made his breakthrough in [[The Cheat (Movie)|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. | 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. | ||
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* 1958 Wagon Train (TV Series) as Sakae Ito | * 1958 Wagon Train (TV Series) as Sakae Ito | ||
** The Sakae Ito Story (1958) ... Sakae Ito | ** The Sakae Ito Story (1958) ... Sakae Ito | ||
* 1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as Japanese Officer | |||
** Bolivar and the Lost Patrol (1958) ... Japanese Officer | ** Bolivar and the Lost Patrol (1958) ... Japanese Officer | ||
** Episode #7.27 (1958) ... Japanese Officer | ** Episode #7.27 (1958) ... Japanese Officer | ||
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* Green Mansions (1959) as Runi | * Green Mansions (1959) as Runi | ||
* [[The Geisha Boy (Movie) | The Geisha Boy]] (1958) as Mr. Sikita | * [[The Geisha Boy (Movie) | The Geisha Boy]] (1958) as Mr. Sikita | ||
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor) as Colonel Saito | * [[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 | ||
* House of Bamboo (1955) as Insp. Kita (dubbed by Richard Loo) | * House of Bamboo (1955) as Insp. Kita (dubbed by Richard Loo) | ||
* Nihon yaburezu (1954) | * Nihon yaburezu (1954) | ||
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* The Swamp (1921) as Wang | * The Swamp (1921) as Wang | ||
===Famous Player Lasky Films (1915-1918=== | ===Famous Player Lasky Films (1915-1918)=== | ||
* After Five (1915) as Oki - the Valet | * After Five (1915) as Oki - the Valet | ||
* The Famine (1915) as Horisho | * The Famine (1915) as Horisho | ||
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* The Clue (1915) as Nogi | * The Clue (1915) as Nogi | ||
* The Secret Sin (1915) as Lin Foo | * The Secret Sin (1915) as Lin Foo | ||
* The Cheat (1915) as Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau | * [[The Cheat (Movie)|The Cheat]] (1915) as Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau | ||
* Temptation (1915) as Opera Admirer | * Temptation (1915) as Opera Admirer | ||
* Alien Souls (1916) as Sakata | * Alien Souls (1916) as Sakata | ||
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* 1914 O Mimi San (Short) as Yorotomo | * 1914 O Mimi San (Short) as Yorotomo | ||
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