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Sessue Hayakawa (1889–1973)
Sessue Hayakawa was born in Chiba, Japan. His father was the provincial governor and his mother a member of an aristocratic family of the "samurai" class. The young Hayakawa wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a career officer in the Japanese navy, but he was turned down due to problems with his hearing. The disappointed Hayakawa...
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Born:in Nanaura, Chiba, JapanDied:(age 84) in Tokyo, Japan |
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Actor (106 credits)
1958
The Red Skelton Hour
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Japanese Officer
Japanese Officer
- Bolivar and the Lost Patrol
(1958)
... Japanese Officer
- Episode #7.27
(1958)
... Japanese Officer
1914
The Hateful God
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Producer (6 credits)
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Director (2 credits)
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Writer (2 credits)
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Thanks (1 credit)
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Self (15 credits)
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Archive footage (8 credits)
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Unsold pilot: played a Tokyo police detective in a pilot for a detective series by George Huskin and Associates called, "The Files of the Tokyo Police." See more »Height:
5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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His father belonged to the military nobility but he left the Naval Academy for a theatrical stage career. He worked with the female tragic star Sada Yacco. Then he traveled through Europe, studying the classics, and returned to Japan where he presented works by William Shakespeare ("Otelo" in his own translation), Henrik Ibsen and others, in the Imperial Dramatic Company. During a US tour in 1913... See more »Star Sign:
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