Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

June 10, 1889

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. Betwee…

Known For

7 titles
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The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 · 2h 41m · Movie

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

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2
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955 · 1h 42m · Movie

Planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official.

6.8
3
The Geisha Boy

The Geisha Boy

1958 · 1h 38m · Movie

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.

6.4
4
Hell to Eternity

Hell to Eternity

1960 · 2h 11m · Movie

When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.

6.9
5
Daughter of the Dragon

Daughter of the Dragon

1931 · 1h 10m · Movie

Princess Ling Moy, a young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat lives next door, unbeknownst to her, to Dr. Fu Manchu, a brilliant but twisted genius who is out to rule the world. She is involved with Ah Kee, a handsome young man, who...

5.6
6
The Daydreamer

The Daydreamer

1966 · 1h 41m · Movie

An anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".

6.1
7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019 · 54m · Movie

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

6.3
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