Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 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
  • 1943
    Malaria

    Malaria

    Malaria

    01943HD

    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
  • 1937
    The Daughter of the Samurai

    The Daughter of the Samurai

    The Daughter of the Samurai

    5.31937HD

    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
  • 1915
    The Clue

    The Clue

    The Clue

    01915HD

    Russian brothers Count Boris and Alexis Rabourdin obtain a Japanese coastline defense map and plan to sell it to German agents in London. In America,...

    The Clue
  • 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
  • 1953
    悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

    悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

    悲劇の将軍 山下奉文

    01953HD

    When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the...

    悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
  • 1937
    Yoshiwara

    Yoshiwara

    Yoshiwara

    81937HD

    Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love...

    Yoshiwara
  • 1919
    The Man Beneath

    The Man Beneath

    The Man Beneath

    61919HD

    The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister...

    The Man Beneath
  • 1950
    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    01950HD

    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
  • 1918
    The City of Dim Faces

    The City of Dim Faces

    The City of Dim Faces

    41918HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1932
    Running Hollywood

    Running Hollywood

    Running Hollywood

    01932HD

    Running Hollywood is a comedy short.

    Running Hollywood
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1947
    Quartier chinois

    Quartier chinois

    Quartier chinois

    01947HD

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

    Quartier chinois
  • 1961
    The Big Wave

    The Big Wave

    The Big Wave

    01961HD

    Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

    The Big Wave
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1916
    The Honorable Friend

    The Honorable Friend

    The Honorable Friend

    01916HD

    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
  • 1916
    The Victoria Cross

    The Victoria Cross

    The Victoria Cross

    01916HD

    Maj. Ralph Seton is a British army officer stationed in Cawnpore, India, when the Sepoy Rebellion--a mutiny of Indian soldiers in the Brtitish army...

    The Victoria Cross