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Actor Born June 10, 1889 in Chiba, Japan. 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 Kwai in Thailand with Allied prisoners of war during World War II. He received an Oscar nomination for his as role ...
Sep 7, 2007 · All the more remarkable, then, was the singular career of Sessue Hayakawa, the subject of this series at the Museum of Modern Art, which affords an extremely rare opportunity to see 16 Hayakawa films: 14 silents and two talkies (including ''The Bridge Over the River Kwai,'' from 1957, for which he received an Oscar nomination).
Sep 4, 2017 · HAYAKAWA, Sessue (1889 – 1973) Other than die-hard fans of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), very few modern movie buffs would even have heard of Sessue Hayakawa, much less be familiar with his career. His performance as Colonel Saito in David Lean’s masterly film made him known to millions around the world over half a century ago, but ...
Mar 22, 2022 · Sessue Hayakawa Became Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actor Paramount Pictures. Outside Japan, Hayakawa became one of the most sought actors in the world given how women followed wherever he graced ...
Nov 8, 2018 · Sessue Hayakawa. Sessue Hayakawa (born Kintaro Hayakawa) was born in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1886. As a teenager, he was a student in the naval academy to become a Japanese naval officer, and at the age of 15, he attempted suicide. Upon recovery, he came to the US to study economics at the University of Chicago, and after ...
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. The Japanese actor had a five-decade career dating back to the silent era. He was one of the first Asian ...
From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers. You will finish the bridge by the twelfth day of May. You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer, Lieutenant Mioura. Time is short. All men will work. Your officers will work beside you. This is only just.
