His contract with Paramount expired in May 1918, but the studio asked him to star in The Sheik. Hayakawa is also credited with launching the career of Rudolph Valentino. His wife appeared with him in Alien Souls, The Honorable Friend, The Soul of Sura Kan, Each to His Own Kind and Hashimura Fog. Hayakawa played a South Sea Islander in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Bottle Imp. The titles of some of his films suggest Hayakawa's roles- The White Man's Laws, Hidden Pearls, and The Call of the East. In the more than 20 films Hayakawa made with Paramount, he was typecast as the exotic lover or villain forced to relinquish the heroine in the last act- unless the heroine was his wife, Aoki. Hayakawa sought to bring muga, or the "absence of doing," to his performances, in direct contrast to the then- popular studied poses and broad gestures.
In 1917 he had the money to build as his residence a castle on the corner of Franklin Avenue and Argyle Street, which became a landmark until being torn down in 1956.Ĭritics of the day hailed Hayakawa's Zen- influenced acting style. By 1915 his salary soared to over $5,000 a week. With this role Hayakawa's dashing good looks and acting style made him an instant matinee idol. DeMille, Hayakawa played a predatory Japanese art dealer who burns a brand on the shoulder of leading lady Fannie Ward. In his second film for Paramount, The Cheat, directed by Cecil B. Lasky Feature Play Company, which later became Paramount Pictures. Hayakawa made two more films with Ince, The Wrath of the Gods with Aoki as his co- star, and The Sacrifice, before signing with the Jesse L. On May 1 of that year Hayakawa married Tsuru Aoki, a Hollywood star in her own right who was from a family of performers. The Typhoon was filmed in 1914, and was a hit. Anxious to return to his studies at the University of Chicago, Hayakawa decided to discourage Ince by requesting the absurdly high fee of $500 a week.
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The movie producer Thomas Ince saw the production and offered to turn it into a silent movie using the original cast. One of the productions Hayakawa staged was called The Typhoon. Hayakawa was on vacation in Los Angeles when he drifted into The Japanese Playhouse in Little Tokyo and became caught up in acting and staging plays this was when he first assumed the name Sessue Hayakawa- it is common in Japan for actors to choose stage names. He was born Kintaro Hayakawa in Nanaura Village, Chikura Town, Minamibosō City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan on June 10, 1889, the second eldest son of the provincial governor He was also a producer, author, martial artist and an ordained Zen monk. He starred in over 80 movies and achieved stardom on three continents. Sessue Hayakawa was a Japanese actor in both Japanese and American films, including two in the U.S.
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