Sessue Hayakawa
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After withdrawing from the Japanese naval academy and attempting suicide at 18, Hayakawa attended the University of Chicago, where he studied political economics in accordance with his wealthy parents' wish that he become a banker. Upon graduating, he traveled to Los Angeles to board a scheduled ship back to Japan, but tried acting in Little Tokyo. Hayakawa impressed Hollywood figures and was signed to star in ''The Typhoon'' (1914). He made his breakthrough in ''The Cheat'' (1915), and became famous for his roles as a forbidden lover. Hayakawa was one of the highest paid stars of his time, earning $5,000 per week in 1915, and $2 million per year through his own production company from 1918 to 1921. Because of rising anti-Japanese sentiment and business difficulties, Hayakawa left Hollywood in 1922 and performed on Broadway and in Japan and Europe for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in ''Daughter of the Dragon'' (1931).
Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Kuala, the pirate captain in ''Swiss Family Robinson'' (1960) and Colonel Saito in ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' (1957), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hayakawa starred in over 80 feature films, and three of his films (''The Cheat'', ''The Dragon Painter'', and ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'') stand in the United States National Film Registry. Provided by Wikipedia
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