Sessue HayakawaWhile the actor Sessue Hayakawa (18861973) is perhaps best known today for his Oscar nominated turn as a Japanese military officer in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), in the early twentieth century he was an internationally renowned silent film star, as recognizable as Charlie Chaplin or Douglas Fairbanks. In this critical study of Hayakawas stardom, Daisuke Miyao reconstructs the Japanese actors remarkable career, from the films that preceded his