Online exclusive: Author Philippa Gates’ five most influential Asian actors in classic film Sessue Hayakawa Born Kintaro Hayakawa (1886 –1973) Sessue Hayakawa was a Japanese actor best known for his role in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). He was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. Hayakawa was the first…… Continue