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Kintarō Hayakawa ( Japanese: 早川 金太郎, Hepburn: Hayakawa Kintarō, June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973), known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa (早川 雪洲, Hayakawa Sesshū), was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first ...
Sessue Hayakawa was a pioneering Asian-American actor who starred in silent and sound films in Hollywood, France and Japan. He is best known for his roles in The Cheat, The Bridge on the River Kwai and other melodramas.
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- Minamiboso, Japan
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- Tokyo, Japan
Moving Picture World, Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973) was one of the first Asian actors and filmmakers to gain great fame and success in the United States. He starred in both English-language and Japanese-language films. His career peaked during the silent film period but continued on and eventually thrived in the talkie ...
Learn about the life and career of Sessue Hayakawa, the first Asian-American star of the American screen. From his silent-film glory to his Oscar-nominated role in The Bridge on the River Kwai, he was a pioneer and a versatile actor.
- Actor, Producer, Director
- November 23, 1973
- June 10, 1886
Dec 5, 2016 · Sessue Hayakawa was one of the first Asian film stars in America, but his career was hampered by stereotypes and anti-Japanese sentiment. Learn about his rise and fall, his marriage to a fellow Japanese actress, and his legacy in Hollywood history.
Jul 6, 2020 · Noël de Souza. In the pantheon of matinee idols of the silent film era in Hollywood was an unlikely star, Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa, who had legions of fans and earned $7,500 a week in his heyday for movies like Cecil B. deMille’s 1915 The Cheat, The Tong Man and An Arabian Knight. Famous in the days of the anti-miscegenation laws, he ...
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Sessue Hayakawa was a Japanese and American actor who starred in films from the 1910s to the 1960s. He was one of the first Asian stars in Hollywood and Europe, and was nominated for an Oscar for The Bridge on the River Kwai.
