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13 de ago. de 2021 · Born Kintaro Hayakawa in Chiba Prefecture in 1886, he later took on the stage name “Sesshu” (meaning “snowy bank” or “land”). That eventually got distorted in English into “Sessue.”. There is a lot of myth and legend surrounding his early life, but what is certain is that during the early 1900s, he traveled to California.
Sessue Hayakawa is now best known for his role as Colonel Saito in Bridge on the River Kwai, but in the 1920s, Hayakawa was one of the “biggest stars” of the...
7 de sept. de 2007 · 'SESSUE HAYAKAWA: EAST AND WEST, WHEN THE TWAIN MET' The American silent film industry wasn't a particularly hospitable place for Asian and black actors, who were cast mostly in supporting roles or as villains. The taboo, of course, was interracial sex (''Birth of a Nation,'' anyone?) and even interracial sex appeal. All the more remarkable, then, was the singular career of Sessue Hayakawa ...
A giant of the silent screen whose career stretched into the sound era, Sessue Hayakawa starred in more than 100 movies. Perhaps best remembered today for his Oscar-nominated 1957 performance as Colonel Saito, the Japanese commandant of the prison camp in The Bridge on the River Kwai, Hayakawa was the only Asian actor to play romantic leads in American silent pictures—although because of ...
8 de nov. de 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 ...
25 de jun. de 2023 · Sessue Hayakawa was among the first Japanese actors in Hollywood who gained stardom during the silent film era. He was famous for portraying attractive, dominant villains and became the first American male sex symbol. These traits made him the favourite actor among American women. 19. Tomohisa Yamashita
30 de abr. de 2024 · May 6, 13, 20, 27 |11 movies. 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.
