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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

Movies (90 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Courageous Coward

    1919

    Drama

    31

  2. The Dragon Painter

    1919 · ★ 6.3 (21 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    32

  3. The Victoria Cross

    1916

    Drama, History

    33

  4. Yoshiwara

    1937 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    34

  5. 日本敗れず

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    War

    35

  6. The Man Beneath

    1919 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    36

  7. The Temple Of Dusk

    1918 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    37

  8. Night Life in Hollywood

    1922 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    38

  9. Gambling Hell

    1942 · ★ 6.4 (8 votes)

    Adventure, Thriller, Drama

    39

  10. The Daydreamer

    1966 · ★ 4.6 (11 votes)

    Animation, Adventure, Family

    40

  11. His Birthright

    1918 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    Drama

    41

  12. Forfaiture

    1937 · ★ 6.6 (6 votes)

    Drama

    42

  13. The Tong Man

    1919 · ★ 6.1 (10 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    43

  14. The Death Mask

    1914 · ★ 2.5 (1 votes)

    44

  15. Each to His Kind

    1917

    Drama

    45

  16. Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

    1931

    Documentary

    46

  17. The Daughter of the Samurai

    1937 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    47

  18. I Have Killed

    1924 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    48

  19. After Five

    1915

    Crime, Drama

    49

  20. Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    1960

    Documentary, Adventure, Family

    50

  21. The City of Dim Faces

    1918 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    51

  22. Where Lights Are Low

    1921 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    52

  23. The White Man's Law

    1918

    Drama

    53

  24. Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    1950

    Drama, History

    54

  25. The Vermilion Pencil

    1922

    Drama

    55

  26. The Beggar Prince

    1920

    Comedy

    56

  27. Five Days to Live

    1922

    Drama

    57

  28. A Heart in Pawn

    1919

    Drama

    58

  29. 47 Vendettas

    1953

    Drama

    59

  30. Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    2002

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 18, 2026.