Sessue Hayakawa Movies

Le cabaret du grand large

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 »

Les Misérables: Gods and Demons

The story from Victor Hugo's classic novel about a man convicted of a minor crime who spends his entire life pursued by a zealous, relentless lawman, reset in Meiji-period Japan.

The Vermilion Pencil

Quartier chinois

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 »

The Great Prince Shan

An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.

A Heart in Pawn

The Soul of Kura San

When his fiancée commits suicide after being used by an American artist, a Japanese art dealer seeks to get vengeance by seducing the artist's wife.

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.

Tempête sur l'Asie

The Devil's Claim

The Motherland Far Far Away

The Swamp

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 »

Sen Yan's Devotion

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

His Debt

The White Man's Law

The story is simply that of misplaced confidence, that of deception practiced by a renegade Englishman of attractive personality and high social training upon characters more simple and ... See full summary »

The Beggar 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 »