Acting
Sessue Hayakawa
- Titles
- 91movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1914 to 1967, busiest in 1919 with 9 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 68top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Three Came Home84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.2average 3.8
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Pathos6.3average 5.3
- Wonder4.3average 3.4
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Melancholy5.4average 4.7
- Politics3.3average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.5, average 1.6
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Early Cinema 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Melodrama 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Silent Era Drama 3
- Classic Cinema 3
- Historical Melodrama 2
- Japanese Setting 2
- Tragic Romance 2
- Silent Film 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tsuru AokiActorAlien Souls, The Battle, His Birthright, The Call of the East, The Wrath of the Gods, +18 more
William WorthingtonDirectorHis Birthright, The Courageous Coward, A Heart in Pawn, The Gray Horizon, His Debt, +6 more
Toyo FujitaActorWhere Lights Are Low, The Courageous Coward, Five Days to Live, The Tong Man, The Dragon Painter, +3 more
Florence VidorActorHashimura Togo, The Bravest Way, The Honor of His House, A Heart in Pawn, The Secret Game, +2 more
Kisaburō KuriharaActorHashimura Togo, The Wrath of the Gods, O Mimi san, The Bravest Way, The Honor of His House, +2 more
Ernest JoyActorHashimura Togo, Forbidden Paths, The Call of the East, Each to His Kind, The Victoria Cross, +2 more
Frank D. WilliamsCinematographerWhere Lights Are Low, The Swamp, The Devil's Claim, The Tong Man, The Man Beneath, +2 more- RRichard SchayerWriterLi Ting Lang, The Brand of Lopez, Black Roses, The Illustrious Prince, An Arabian Knight, +1 more
Frances GuihanWriterHis Birthright, The Courageous Coward, A Heart in Pawn, His Debt, The Soul of Kura San, +1 more
Jack HoltActorThe Call of the East, The Honor of His House, The Secret Game, The White Man's Law, Hidden Pearls- GGoro KinoActorThe First Born, Where Lights Are Low, The Honorable Friend, The Bravest Way, Five Days to Live
Margaret TurnbullWriterAlien Souls, The Battle, The Secret Sin, The Victoria Cross, The Danger Line
Movies and TV shows
842010s
1 title · average score 60
as (archive footage)
1960s
6 titles · average score 64
as Tajima
as The Mole (voice)
TV show · as Takeda Shingen
as The Old Man
as General Matsui
as Kuala, Pirate Chief
1950s
10 titles · average score 69
as Runi
as Mr. Sikita
as Col. Saito
TV show · as Sakae Ito
as Inspector Kito
as Awanokami Katsu
as Tomoyuki Yamashita
as Sakon Tachibana
as Colonel Michio Suga
as Joe Hayami
1940s
5 titles · average score 60
as Baron Kimura
as Tchang
as Professeur Wang
as Matsui
as Ying Tchaï
1930s
7 titles · average score 61
as Prinz Ling
as Iwao Yamato
as Ysamo, Kuli
as Prince Hu-Long
as Sessue Hayakawa
as Ah Kee
1920s
16 titles
as Hideo
as Sen Yan
as Marquis Yorisaka
as Le Marquis Yorisaka
as Tai Leung
as T''Su Wong Shih
as Chan Wang
as Yoda
as Wang
as Akbar Khan / Hassan
as Ahmed
as Li Ting Lang
1910s
39 titles · average score 62
as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
as Luk Chen
as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
as Yukio
as Nara-Nara
as Sato
as Sakata
as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
as Lord Yamaki
as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
as Tokorama
as Running Wolf