Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1917
    The Call of the East

    The Call of the East

    The Call of the East

    01917HD

    While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing a Japanese kimono. There she meets the wealthy...

    The Call of the East
  • 1917
    Forbidden Paths

    Forbidden Paths

    Forbidden Paths

    01917HD

    Sato (Sessue Hayakawa) faithfully works for importer James Thornton (James Neill). When the old man dies, he leaves his daughter Mildred (Vivian...

    Forbidden Paths
  • 1937
    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

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    Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and...

    Forfaiture
  • 1942
    Gambling Hell

    Gambling Hell

    Gambling Hell

    6.81942HD

    In Macao, where places of pleasure and arms trafficking are concentrated, a tragedy opposes an adventurer and his daughter whom he has brought up in...

    Gambling Hell
  • 1914
    The Death Mask

    The Death Mask

    The Death Mask

    6.21914HD

    A Native American warrior travels to a faraway tribe to find and defend a woman that haunts his dreams.

    The Death Mask
  • 1914
    The Last of the Line

    The Last of the Line

    The Last of the Line

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    Sioux leader Chief Gray Otter sends his son Tiah to the white man's school so that he can become a great leader. The son returns home drunk,...

    The Last of the Line
  • 1960
    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    01960HD

    A behind-the-scenes show on the filming of Swiss Family Robinson on the West Indian island of Tobago. Then the True Life Adventure Water Birds.

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
  • 1916
    Alien Souls

    Alien Souls

    Alien Souls

    01916HD

    A Japanese maiden is pursued by an unscrupulous American young man who falsely believes her to have great riches.

    Alien Souls
  • 1947
    Quartier chinois

    Quartier chinois

    Quartier chinois

    71947HD

    In a Far Eastern town, a settling of accounts between Western and Asian opium traffickers draws the attention of the police.

    Quartier chinois
  • 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
  • 1959
    John Gunther's High Road

    John Gunther's High Road

    John Gunther's High Road

    101959HD

    John Gunther, a great traveler in many parts of the globe, presented on the American ABC channel the documentary program "John Gunther's High Road"...

    John Gunther's High Road
  • 1919
    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    6.51919HD

    A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.

    The Dragon Painter
  • 1917
    Hashimura Togo

    Hashimura Togo

    Hashimura Togo

    01917HD

    After an accusation of a breach of diplomacy committed by his brother, Hashimura Togo bears the burden and leaves Japan in disgrace for the United...

    Hashimura Togo
  • 1958
    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    01958HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
  • 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
  • 1921
    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    5.71921HD

    The Chinese prince T'Su Wong Shih loves Quan Yin, the daughter of a gardener, but his uncle wants him to marry a girl of his own class. Leaving to...

    Where Lights Are Low
  • 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
  • 1950
    The Motherland Far Far Away

    The Motherland Far Far Away

    The Motherland Far Far Away

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    The Motherland Far Far Away
  • 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
  • 1943
    Malaria

    Malaria

    Malaria

    81943HD

    A colonial wife carries on an affair with a French officer, but the wife's native servant may have overheard their plan to leave Africa and return to...

    Malaria