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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1966
    The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

    4.81966HD

    A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep,...

    The Daydreamer
  • 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
  • 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

    4.92007HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1922
    Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

    01922HD

    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
  • 1942
    Patrouille blanche

    Patrouille blanche

    Patrouille blanche

    01942HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1918
    The Temple Of Dusk

    The Temple Of Dusk

    The Temple Of Dusk

    11918HD

    Japanese poet Akira living in Tokyo, loves American Ruth Vale, who was placed in the care of Akira's father when her missionary parents died. Ruth...

    The Temple Of Dusk
  • 1921
    The First Born

    The First Born

    The First Born

    01921HD

    Loey Tsing, the first love of Chan Wang, is sold into slavery by her father. Although Chan marries another, he still loves Loey; only the birth of a...

    The First Born
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1942
    Gambling Hell

    Gambling Hell

    Gambling Hell

    6.41942HD

    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
  • 1918
    The Honor of His House

    The Honor of His House

    The Honor of His House

    01918HD

    Marooned on a desert island, Dr. Robert Farlow and wealthy toxicologist Count Ito Onato both fall in love with Lora, a beautiful Japanese-American...

    The Honor of His House
  • 1950
    The Motherland Far Far Away

    The Motherland Far Far Away

    The Motherland Far Far Away

    01950HD

    The Motherland Far Far Away