Sessue Hayakawa Movies

  • 1957
    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    7.8161957HD

    The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American...

    The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • 1960
    Swiss Family Robinson

    Swiss Family Robinson

    Swiss Family Robinson

    6.8321960HD

    After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they...

    Swiss Family Robinson
  • 1950
    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home

    6.4481950HD

    Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and...

    Three Came Home
  • 1955
    House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo

    6.2011955HD

    Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow...

    House of Bamboo
  • 1960
    Hell to Eternity

    Hell to Eternity

    Hell to Eternity

    6.31960HD

    Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his...

    Hell to Eternity
  • 1959
    Green Mansions

    Green Mansions

    Green Mansions

    5.71959HD

    A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the...

    Green Mansions
  • 1931
    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of the Dragon

    5.31931HD

    At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

    Daughter of the Dragon
  • 1918
    His Birthright

    His Birthright

    His Birthright

    6.21918HD

    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...

    His Birthright
  • 1924
    Sen Yan’s Devotion

    Sen Yan’s Devotion

    Sen Yan’s Devotion

    101924HD

    A disguised servant of a dying Japanese prince saves articles of succession from a rival faction.

    Sen Yan’s Devotion
  • 1949
    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

    6.21949HD

    An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals...

    Tokyo Joe
  • 1958
    The Geisha Boy

    The Geisha Boy

    The Geisha Boy

    6.51958HD

    Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little...

    The Geisha Boy
  • 1931
    Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

    Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

    Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks

    101931HD

    With the advent of sound, the world's leading screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks, experienced a downturn in his fortunes. His thin, reedy voice was not...

    Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
  • 1923
    The Battle

    The Battle

    The Battle

    101923HD

    The Battle
  • 1914
    The Wrath of the Gods

    The Wrath of the Gods

    The Wrath of the Gods

    6.21914HD

    An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.

    The Wrath of the Gods
  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    4.32007HD

    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...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
  • 1914
    The Death Mask

    The Death Mask

    The Death Mask

    6.21914HD

    A Native American warrior travels to a faraway tribe to find and defend a woman that haunts his dreams.

    The Death Mask
  • 2019
    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    5.72019HD

    A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
  • 1966
    The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

    The Daydreamer

    5.11966HD

    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,...

    The Daydreamer
  • 1921
    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    5.71921HD

    The Chinese prince T'Su Wong Shih loves Quan Yin, the daughter of a gardener, but his uncle wants him to marry a girl of his own class. Leaving to...

    Where Lights Are Low
  • 1918
    The Temple Of Dusk

    The Temple Of Dusk

    The Temple Of Dusk

    11918HD

    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...

    The Temple Of Dusk