Sessue Hayakawa Movies
- 1918
His Birthright
His Birthright5.21918HD
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...
- 1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1201922HD
Another entry in the popular one-reel series.
- 1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant01958HD
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.
- 1918
The White Man's Law
The White Man's Law01918HD
Japanese leading man Sessue Hayakawa stars as John A. Ghengle, the Oxford-educated son of an Arab chieftain. Entering into a business partnership...
- 1966
The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer4.81966HD
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,...
- 1937
The Daughter of the Samurai
The Daughter of the Samurai5.31937HD
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...
- 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema4.92007HD
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...
- 1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom01950HD
- 1916
The Honorable Friend
The Honorable Friend01916HD
Makino works for Kayosho, a Japanese curio dealer in America. To reward Makino's dedication, Kayosho sends for Toki-ye, a picture bride. Upon...
- 1922
Night Life in Hollywood
Night Life in Hollywood01922HD
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...
- 1942
Patrouille blanche
Patrouille blanche01942HD
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...
- 1947
Quartier chinois
Quartier chinois01947HD
In a Far Eastern town, a settling of accounts between Western and Asian opium traffickers draws the attention of the police.
- 1937
Yoshiwara
Yoshiwara81937HD
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...
- 1918
The Temple Of Dusk
The Temple Of Dusk11918HD
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...
- 1921
The First Born
The First Born01921HD
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...
- 1937
Forfaiture
Forfaiture6.61937HD
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...
- 1924
The Great Prince Shan
The Great Prince Shan01924HD
An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.
- 1942
Gambling Hell
Gambling Hell6.41942HD
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...
- 1918
The Honor of His House
The Honor of His House01918HD
Marooned on a desert island, Dr. Robert Farlow and wealthy toxicologist Count Ito Onato both fall in love with Lora, a beautiful Japanese-American...
- 1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
The Motherland Far Far Away01950HD