Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 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
  • 1949
    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

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    An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals...

    Tokyo Joe
  • 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
  • 1953
    47 Vendettas

    47 Vendettas

    47 Vendettas

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    The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.

    47 Vendettas
  • 1920
    Li Ting Lang

    Li Ting Lang

    Li Ting Lang

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    In a day and age when interracial marriages were considered taboo, film star Sessue Hayakawa rarely got the girl in his pictures. The issue of...

    Li Ting Lang
  • 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
  • 1919
    His Debt

    His Debt

    His Debt

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    Goro Mariyama uses the profits from his ethically run gambling house to help the poor. Gambler Blair Whitcomb accuses Goro of cheating, then shoots...

    His Debt
  • 1919
    A Heart in Pawn

    A Heart in Pawn

    A Heart in Pawn

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    Toyama wants to go to college in America but his alcoholic father won't supply the funds. He gets the money to go, however, from Sada, whom he has...

    A Heart in Pawn
  • 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
  • 1938
    Tempête sur l'Asie

    Tempête sur l'Asie

    Tempête sur l'Asie

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    An adventurer tries to seize oil deposits in Mongolia .

    Tempête sur l'Asie
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 1921
    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

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    Intimate views of the movie stars of the Silent Era, at work and play; featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Lillian Gish and others.

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
  • 1915
    The Chinatown Mystery

    The Chinatown Mystery

    The Chinatown Mystery

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    Reporter Frank Sloan, investigating the disappearance of a Chinese slave girl in Chinatown which leads to opium addiction, job loss, and personal...

    The Chinatown Mystery
  • 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
  • 1950
    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home

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    Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and...

    Three Came Home
  • 1953
    Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū

    Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū

    Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū

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    Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū
  • 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
  • 1967
    Lover's Duet

    Lover's Duet

    Lover's Duet

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    A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.

    Lover's Duet