Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1924
    I Have Killed

    I Have Killed

    I Have Killed

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    Hideo, an antiques dealer in Tokyo, is accused of killing his best friend. In a dramatic court-room hearing, the truth will be revealed.

    I Have Killed
  • 1946
    Le Cabaret du Grand Large

    Le Cabaret du Grand Large

    Le Cabaret du Grand Large

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    Superintendent Thomas is investigating a cabaret owner with suspicious actions.

    Le Cabaret du Grand Large
  • 1937
    The Daughter of the Samurai

    The Daughter of the Samurai

    The Daughter of the Samurai

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    Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there...

    The Daughter of the Samurai
  • 1966
    The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

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    A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep,...

    The Daydreamer
  • 1919
    The Gray Horizon

    The Gray Horizon

    The Gray Horizon

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    The skill of colorful Japanese artist Yamo Masata attracts the attention of a clever counterfeiter who seeks the artist's aid in the preparation of...

    The Gray Horizon
  • 1916
    The Soul of Kura San

    The Soul of Kura San

    The Soul of Kura San

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    When his fiancée commits suicide after being used by an American artist, a Japanese art dealer seeks to get vengeance by seducing the artist's...

    The Soul of Kura San
  • 1921
    The First Born

    The First Born

    The First Born

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    Loey Tsing, the first love of Chan Wang, is sold into slavery by her father. Although Chan marries another, he still loves Loey; only the birth of a...

    The First Born
  • 1960
    Hell to Eternity

    Hell to Eternity

    Hell to Eternity

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    Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his...

    Hell to Eternity
  • 1917
    The Jaguar's Claws

    The Jaguar's Claws

    The Jaguar's Claws

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    The manager of the American oil company quits out of fear of El Jaguar, the bandit who is terrorizing the Mexican countryside, Phil Jordan is sent in...

    The Jaguar's Claws
  • 1943
    Le Soleil de minuit

    Le Soleil de minuit

    Le Soleil de minuit

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    Going to take up his post in Moukden, the forest engineer finds in a trainer from the cabaret "the midnight sun" a Russian princess, Armide, whom he...

    Le Soleil de minuit
  • 1914
    O Mimi san

    O Mimi san

    O Mimi san

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    A silent melodrama from the very first series of American films to use a Japanese cast. The scenes of the story are laid in Japan during the last...

    O Mimi san
  • 1922
    Five Days to Live

    Five Days to Live

    Five Days to Live

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    Tai Leung, a young man who dreams of love and carves ivory images, falls in love with the pretty Kao Ai. Her cruel foster father owns a restaurant...

    Five Days to Live
  • 1919
    The Courageous Coward

    The Courageous Coward

    The Courageous Coward

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    Sessue Hayakawa was making the transition from Asian villain to sympathetic hero in this picture. The plot is a combination of racial stereotypes...

    The Courageous Coward
  • 1919
    The Illustrious Prince

    The Illustrious Prince

    The Illustrious Prince

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    The Japanese Prince Maiyo is in London to avenge the death of his father who years earlier committed hara-kiri because he had been financially ruined...

    The Illustrious Prince
  • 1917
    The Bottle Imp

    The Bottle Imp

    The Bottle Imp

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    Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless...

    The Bottle Imp
  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

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    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
  • 1922
    Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

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    A picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the intimate home life of some of the screen's greatest...

    Night Life in Hollywood
  • 1920
    An Arabian Knight

    An Arabian Knight

    An Arabian Knight

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    Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is cast as an ancient Egyptian donkey boy in An Arabian Knight. The humble Hayakawa rescues high-born Lillian Hall...

    An Arabian Knight
  • 1918
    Banzai

    Banzai

    Banzai

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    A Liberty Bond fundraising short.

    Banzai
  • 1921
    Black Roses

    Black Roses

    Black Roses

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    Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.

    Black Roses