Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1917
    The Call of the East

    The Call of the East

    The Call of the East

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    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
  • 1918
    Banzai

    Banzai

    Banzai

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    A Liberty Bond fundraising short.

    Banzai
  • 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
  • 1921
    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

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    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
  • 1914
    The Typhoon

    The Typhoon

    The Typhoon

    01914HD

    Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl, who subsequently rejects her American...

    The Typhoon
  • 1920
    The Beggar Prince

    The Beggar Prince

    The Beggar Prince

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    A humble fisherman's girlfriend is kidnapped by an egotistical prince tricked into believing he has powers. The two lookalikes swap lives until...

    The Beggar Prince
  • 1922
    Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

    Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

    Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

    01922HD

    Another entry in the popular one-reel series.

    Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
  • 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
  • 1922
    The Vermilion Pencil

    The Vermilion Pencil

    The Vermilion Pencil

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    The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and distributed by Robertson–Cole. It is based...

    The Vermilion Pencil
  • 1964
    The Frozen Moment

    The Frozen Moment

    The Frozen Moment

    01964HD

    Created for the "Esso World Theater" series of films in 1964, it features excerpts from "Bugaku," "Gagaku," "Noh, " and "Kabuki" scenes performed by...

    The Frozen Moment
  • 1924
    The Danger Line

    The Danger Line

    The Danger Line

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    While her husband is away on a secret mission, the Marquise Yorisaka is Americanized by Mrs. Hockey and becomes the object of Captain Fergan's...

    The Danger Line
  • 1918
    Hidden Pearls

    Hidden Pearls

    Hidden Pearls

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    Hawaiian prince Tom Garvin (Sessue Hayakawa) receives an American college education and falls in love with Enid Benton (Florence Vidor).

    Hidden Pearls
  • 1918
    The Temple Of Dusk

    The Temple Of Dusk

    The Temple Of Dusk

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    Japanese poet Akira living in Tokyo, loves American Ruth Vale, who was placed in the care of Akira's father when her missionary parents died. Ruth...

    The Temple Of Dusk
  • 1918
    The City of Dim Faces

    The City of Dim Faces

    The City of Dim Faces

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    Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised...

    The City of Dim Faces
  • 1918
    The White Man's Law

    The White Man's Law

    The White Man's Law

    01918HD

    Japanese leading man Sessue Hayakawa stars as John A. Ghengle, the Oxford-educated son of an Arab chieftain. Entering into a business partnership...

    The White Man's Law
  • 1924
    The Great Prince Shan

    The Great Prince Shan

    The Great Prince Shan

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    An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.

    The Great Prince Shan
  • 1932
    The Sun Rises from the East

    The Sun Rises from the East

    The Sun Rises from the East

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    The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directed.

    The Sun Rises from the East