Sessue Hayakawa
Actor · 92 credits · 13 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Frequent collaborators: Tsuru Aoki, Toyo Fujita, Ernest Joy, Florence Vidor, Kisaburō Kurihara
Best Sessue Hayakawa movies by genre
Movies (90 total, ranked by score)
1The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · ★ 7.8 (2,428 votes)
Drama, History, War
2Swiss Family Robinson
1960 · ★ 6.8 (361 votes)
Adventure, Family
3The Wrath of the Gods
1914 · ★ 6.2 (11 votes)
Romance, Drama
4John Gunther's High Road
1959 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
TV Movie, Documentary, Adventure
5The Geisha Boy
1958 · ★ 6.4 (55 votes)
Comedy
6Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)
Documentary
7Tokyo Joe
1949 · ★ 6.1 (45 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
8The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
9The Battle
1923
10Three Came Home
1950 · ★ 6.6 (25 votes)
War, Drama
11House of Bamboo
1955 · ★ 6.2 (70 votes)
Crime, Drama
12Malaria
1943
Drama
13The Typhoon
1914
Drama
14The Clue
1915
Drama
15Alien Souls
1916
Drama
16The Last of the Line
1914 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)
Western, Drama
17Green Mansions
1959 · ★ 5.7 (32 votes)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
18An Arabian Knight
1920
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
19Hell to Eternity
1960 · ★ 6.4 (20 votes)
Drama, War
20Temptation
1915
Drama, Romance
- 21
Running Hollywood
1932
Comedy
22The Secret Sin
1915
Drama
23The Secret Game
1917 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)
Drama
24O Mimi san
1914
Drama
25The Big Wave
1961 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Drama
26The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
Documentary
27Tempête sur l'Asie
1938
Adventure
28The First Born
1921
Drama, Romance
29The Cheat
1915 · ★ 6.0 (71 votes)
Drama
30Patrouille blanche
1942
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.