Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1919
    The Courageous Coward

    The Courageous Coward

    The Courageous Coward

    01919HD

    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
  • 1921
    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    51921HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1920
    An Arabian Knight

    An Arabian Knight

    An Arabian Knight

    01920HD

    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
  • 1915
    The Secret Sin

    The Secret Sin

    The Secret Sin

    01915HD

    Blanche Sweet has a dual role in this picture -- she plays twin sisters, Edith, a sweet, normal young girl, and Grace, who is a drug fiend. They live...

    The Secret Sin
  • 1916
    The Soul of Kura San

    The Soul of Kura San

    The Soul of Kura San

    01916HD

    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
  • 1920
    The Devil's Claim

    The Devil's Claim

    The Devil's Claim

    01920HD

    A Persian novelist living in New York throws aside the woman who loves him, and she gets an American woman to help get him back. Meanwhile, the...

    The Devil's Claim
  • 1918
    His Birthright

    His Birthright

    His Birthright

    5.21918HD

    Yukio is illegal in the United States and is used by a gang of spies for their plans. Yukio must steal secret documents from an admiral. When he's...

    His Birthright
  • 1919
    A Heart in Pawn

    A Heart in Pawn

    A Heart in Pawn

    01919HD

    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
  • 1921
    The Swamp

    The Swamp

    The Swamp

    01921HD

    Mary and her son Buster live in a single room in the slums of the city, having been deserted by their husband and father, wealthy Spencer Wellington....

    The Swamp
  • 1919
    Bonds of Honor

    Bonds of Honor

    Bonds of Honor

    01919HD

    In this picture, Sessue Hayakawa is in a dual role, playing twin brothers. One of them, Yamashiro is serious and hardworking, while the other, Sadao,...

    Bonds of Honor
  • 1943
    Le Soleil de minuit

    Le Soleil de minuit

    Le Soleil de minuit

    01943HD

    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
  • 1919
    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    6.31919HD

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

    The Dragon Painter
  • 1942
    Patrouille blanche

    Patrouille blanche

    Patrouille blanche

    01942HD

    An Oriental villain named Halloway is called in by wealthy oil interests who want to destroy a dam project for hydroelectric power that may threaten...

    Patrouille blanche
  • 1937
    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    6.61937HD

    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
  • 1924
    I Have Killed

    I Have Killed

    I Have Killed

    01924HD

    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
  • 1921
    Black Roses

    Black Roses

    Black Roses

    01921HD

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

    Black Roses
  • 1914
    O Mimi san

    O Mimi san

    O Mimi san

    01914HD

    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
  • 1924
    Sen Yan’s Devotion

    Sen Yan’s Devotion

    Sen Yan’s Devotion

    01924HD

    A disguised servant of a dying Japanese prince saves articles of succession from a rival faction.

    Sen Yan’s Devotion
  • 1914
    The Last of the Line

    The Last of the Line

    The Last of the Line

    6.61914HD

    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