Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 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
  • 2002
    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    02002HD

    A look behind the scenes at Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
  • 1960
    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    01960HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1921
    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

    01921HD

    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)
  • 1919
    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    6.31919HD

    A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.

    The Dragon Painter
  • 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
  • 1921
    The Swamp

    The Swamp

    The Swamp

    01921HD

    Mary and her son Buster live in a single room in the slums of the city, having been deserted by their husband and father, wealthy Spencer Wellington....

    The Swamp
  • 1924
    The Great Prince Shan

    The Great Prince Shan

    The Great Prince Shan

    01924HD

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

    The Great Prince Shan
  • 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
  • 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 Bravest Way

    The Bravest Way

    The Bravest Way

    01918HD

    Tamura, a Japanese man working as a gardener in America, saves his money to marry his girlfriend, Japanese-American Nume Rogers. His friend Watana...

    The Bravest Way
  • 1919
    The Tong Man

    The Tong Man

    The Tong Man

    5.71919HD

    An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.

    The Tong Man
  • 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
  • 1914
    The Wrath of the Gods

    The Wrath of the Gods

    The Wrath of the Gods

    6.21914HD

    An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.

    The Wrath of the Gods
  • 1937
    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    6.61937HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1922
    The Vermilion Pencil

    The Vermilion Pencil

    The Vermilion Pencil

    01922HD

    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
  • 1938
    Tempête sur l'Asie

    Tempête sur l'Asie

    Tempête sur l'Asie

    01938HD

    An adventurer tries to seize oil deposits in Mongolia .

    Tempête sur l'Asie