Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1960
    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

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    A behind-the-scenes show on the filming of Swiss Family Robinson on the West Indian island of Tobago. Then the True Life Adventure Water Birds.

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
  • 1953
    The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

    The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

    The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki

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

    The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
  • 1961
    The Big Wave

    The Big Wave

    The Big Wave

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    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
  • 1953
    47 Vendettas

    47 Vendettas

    47 Vendettas

    01953HD

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

    47 Vendettas
  • 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
  • 1942
    Gambling Hell

    Gambling Hell

    Gambling Hell

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    In Macao, where places of pleasure and arms trafficking are concentrated, a tragedy opposes an adventurer and his daughter whom he has brought up in...

    Gambling Hell
  • 1922
    Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

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    A picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the intimate home life of some of the screen's greatest...

    Night Life in Hollywood
  • 1950
    The Motherland Far Far Away

    The Motherland Far Far Away

    The Motherland Far Far Away

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    The Motherland Far Far Away
  • 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

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

    Quartier chinois
  • 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
  • 1916
    Alien Souls

    Alien Souls

    Alien Souls

    01916HD

    A Japanese maiden is pursued by an unscrupulous American young man who falsely believes her to have great riches.

    Alien Souls
  • 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
  • 1959
    John Gunther's High Road

    John Gunther's High Road

    John Gunther's High Road

    101959HD

    John Gunther, a great traveler in many parts of the globe, presented on the American ABC channel the documentary program "John Gunther's High Road"...

    John Gunther's High Road
  • 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

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    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
  • 1917
    Each to His Kind

    Each to His Kind

    Each to His Kind

    01917HD

    Indian Prince Rhandah is sent to be educated in England. After an English woman flirts with him to steal his betrothal amulet, he returns home...

    Each to His Kind
  • 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 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
  • 1942
    Patrouille blanche

    Patrouille blanche

    Patrouille blanche

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    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
  • 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