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Tag Archives: Sessue Hayakawa
The Geisha Boy (1958) Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. Read More »
The Dragon Painter (1919) William Worthington, Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Peil Sr.
Tatsu is a slightly delusional painter who lives in the wilderness. Read More »
Yoshiwara (1937) Max Ophüls, Pierre Richard-Willm, Sessue Hayakawa, Michiko Tanaka
Late nineteenth century. Young Kohana is sent to Yoshiwara, a suburb of Tokyo where exercise the profession of geisha. Read More »
Forfaiture (1937) Marcel L’Herbier, Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa, Louis Jouvet
Un riche collectionneur japonais propose a Edith, dame du grand monde, de lui donner l’argent qu’elle a detourne Read More »
Gambling Hell (1942) Jean Delannoy, Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin, Henri Guisol
A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger, sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den. Read More »
The Cheat (1915) Cecil B. DeMille, Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, Drama
Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. Read More »