Sessue Hayakawa Movies

The Temple of Dusk

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 returns Akira's affections until she meets... See full summary »

His Debt

Bonds of Honor

When Sasamoto commits treason during the Great War to pay off gambling debts, his twin brother Yamashito assumes his identity and tracks him down.

The Courageous Coward

Japanese-American law student Suki Iota,, falls in love with his guardian's niece Rei Oaki, who has just arrived from Japan to cultivate her singing voice. After Suki goes East to law ... See full summary »

The Call of the East

A Japanese aristocrat and an American woman fall in love, but their relationship is complicated when her brother seduces his sister.

The Honor of His House

Marooned on a desert island, Dr. Robert Farlow and wealthy toxicologist Count Ito Onato both fall in love with Lora, a beautiful Japanese-American girl. Lora prefers Robert but decides to ... See full summary »

The First Born

The Jaguar's Claws

The manager of the American oil company quits out of fear of El Jaguar, the bandit who is terrorizing the Mexican countryside, Phil Jordan is sent in his place. Phil arrives with his ... See full summary »

The Illustrious Prince

The Bottle Imp

Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless Lopaka can bring him two feather cloaks ... See full summary »

The Hidden Pearls

Having been reared and educated in America, the son of an American pearl trader and a Hawaiian island princess, knows nothing about life on his mother's island. He and Enid Benton are ... See full summary »

Black Roses

Li Ting Lang

College student Li Ting Lang is a favorite of his friends until his attentions toward socialite Marion Halstead bring forth protests on all sides. In defiance, Marion announces her ... See full summary »

A Heart in Pawn

Yoshiwara

65/100

The Man Beneath

73/100

The Typhoon

58/100

Alien Souls

53/100

A Japanese maiden is pursued by an unscrupulous American young man who falsely believes her to have great riches.

His Birthright

63/100

After his Japanese mother dies, a biracial young man travels to the United States to track down his American father.

The Big Wave

46/100

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened...

The Sun Rise from the East

Where Lights Are Low

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 study in the United States, the young man ... See full summary »

The City of Dim Faces

Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in ... See full summary »

Quartier chinois

Forbidden Paths

A Japanese man falls in love with the daughter of his American employer.