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Sessue Hayakawa
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Actor Born: June 10, 1889 in Nanaura, Japan Death: November 23, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan Biography:Best remembered by international audiences for his Oscar-nominated turn as Japanese POW camp commander Sato in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), "Sessue Hayakawa" was one of the first Japanese actors to have a successful Hollywood career. Born Kintaro Hayakawa in the city of Chiba on the island of Honshu, he originally aspired to join the navy but was prevented by a partial hearing loss. Instead, he joined his uncle's acting troupe. At age 19, Hayakawa enrolled at the University of Chicago.
Upon his return to Japan, he created the Japanese Imperial Company, an international touring troupe that came to the western U.S. in 1913. Hayakawa broke into films in 1914 after producer "Thomas Ince", the father of the studio system, saw Hayakawa perform and signed him to a film contract. The first film in which he appeared was "The Hateful God" (1913). A young Hollywood had never seen the likes of an... Full Biography
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