Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1924
    I Have Killed

    I Have Killed

    I Have Killed

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    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1920
    The Brand of Lopez

    The Brand of Lopez

    The Brand of Lopez

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    When a famed matador is forced to become an outlaw, he seeks to get revenge on the dancing girl who betrayed him.

    The Brand of Lopez
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 1915
    The Cheat

    The Cheat

    The Cheat

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    A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to...

    The Cheat
  • 1931
    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of the Dragon

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    At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

    Daughter of the Dragon
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1916
    The Honorable Friend

    The Honorable Friend

    The Honorable Friend

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    Makino works for Kayosho, a Japanese curio dealer in America. To reward Makino's dedication, Kayosho sends for Toki-ye, a picture bride. Upon...

    The Honorable Friend
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

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    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
  • 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
  • 1954
    日本敗れず

    日本敗れず

    日本敗れず

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    In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines, and Tokyo was reduced to a sea of...

    日本敗れず
  • 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