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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.
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
Sessue Hayakawa. Actor: The Bridge on the River Kwai. Sessue Hayakawa was born in Chiba, Japan. His father was the provincial governor and his mother a member of an aristocratic family of the "samurai" class.
- 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.
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.
Apr 30, 2024 · Sessue Hayakawa is ready for his close-up as TCM’s May Star of the Month. Best known for his indelible Oscar nominated performance as the brutal Colonel Saito in David Lean’s Academy Award-winning 1957 epic The Bridge on the River Kwai .
Died Nov. 23, 1973 of complications from pneumonia in Tokyo, Japan. S essue Hayakawa portrayed Col. Saito, a Japanese imperial army officer whose duty was to build a bridge over the River...
