Hayakawa Sessue
- Name: Hayakawa Sessue
- Native name: 早川雪洲
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: June 10, 1886
- Died: November 23, 1973
After being expelled from the Japanese naval academy and surviving a suicide attempt at 18, Hayakawa attended the University of Chicago, where he studied political economics and quarterbacked the school's football team. Upon graduating, he traveled to Los Angeles in order to board a scheduled ship back to Japan, but decided to try out acting in Little Tokyo. There, Hayakawa impressed Hollywood figures and was signed on to star in The Typhoon (1914). He made his breakthrough in The Cheat (1915), and thereafter became famous for his roles as a forbidden lover. Hayakawa was one of the highest paid stars of his time, earning $5,000 per week in 1915, and $2 million per year through his own production company from 1918 to 1921.
Hayakawa's popularity and sex appeal ("his most rabid fan base was white women") unsettled many segments of American society which were filled with suspicion of the Yellow Peril. With two World Wars taking place during his career, and rising anti-Asian sentiment in the United States, the types of roles that he usually played were gradually "taken over by other actors who were not as threatening as Hayakawa in terms of race and sex". Hayakawa left Hollywood in 1922 and worked in Japanese and European cinema for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in Tokyo Joe (1949).
Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as 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. (Wikipedia) Edit Biography
Drama
Title | Rating |
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Taikouki
Japanese Drama, 1965, 52 eps
Takeda Shingen
(Support Role)
|
1.0
|
Jiro Monogatari
Japanese Drama, 1956, 18 eps
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
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The Motherland Far Far Away
Japanese Movie, 1950,
Hayami Joe
(Main Role)
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0.0
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The Daughter of the Samurai
Japanese Movie, 1937,
(Support Role)
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0.0
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Special
Title | Rating |
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Nihon Kenkaku Den 1
Japanese Special, 1968, 4 eps
(Unknown)
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0.0
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Arisa no Shozo
Japanese Special, 1960, 1 eps
(Unknown)
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0.0
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