Sessue Hayakawa
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While other silent film stars relied on emphatic gestures to convey emotion, Hayakawa developed a restrained style inspired by Zen Buddhism, Kabuki theater, and martial arts. Invariably cast as the seductive villain or forbidden lover, he grew frustrated with the stereotyping of Asian actors as \u00e2\u0080\u009cexotic.\u00e2\u0080\u009d After turning down the lead role in The Sheik (thus launching the career of Rudolph Valentino), he founded his own highly lucrative production company in 1918. Acting stints in France, England, and Japan expanded Hayakawa\u00e2\u0080\u0099s international fame, but his career declined in the 1930s with the advent of sound pictures and anti-Japanese sentiment. A revival of his fortunes after World War II brought his most memorable film role, as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Chiba, Jap\u00c3\u00b3n"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Esta fotograf\u00c3\u00ada evidencia el atractivo f\u00c3\u00adsico y el glamur de Sessue Hayakawa, primer s\u00c3\u00admbolo sexual masculino que tuvo Hollywood. Mientras otras estrellas del cine silente recurr\u00c3\u00adan a gestos exagerados para transmitir emociones, Hayakawa desarroll\u00c3\u00b3 un estilo sobrio, inspirado en el budismo zen, el teatro kabuki y las artes marciales. Sin embargo, vi\u00c3\u00a9ndose siempre en papeles de villano seductor o amante prohibido, comenz\u00c3\u00b3 a sentirse frustrado con el estereotipo \u00e2\u0080\u009cex\u00c3\u00b3tico\u00e2\u0080\u009d de los actores asi\u00c3\u00a1ticos. Luego de rechazar el papel protag\u00c3\u00b3nico en The Sheik (que lanzar\u00c3\u00ada la carrera de Rudolph Valentino), Hayakawa fund\u00c3\u00b3 una lucrativa compa\u00c3\u00b1\u00c3\u00ada productora en 1918. Breves actuaciones en Francia, Inglaterra y Jap\u00c3\u00b3n ampliaron su fama internacional, pero su carrera declin\u00c3\u00b3 hacia la d\u00c3\u00a9cada de 1930 con la llegada del cine sonoro y la creciente hostilidad hacia los japoneses. Su suerte mejor\u00c3\u00b3 despu\u00c3\u00a9s de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y logr\u00c3\u00b3 su papel m\u00c3\u00a1s memorable: el coronel Saito en la pel\u00c3\u00adcula El puente sobre el r\u00c3\u00ado Kwai (1957)."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Eugene Robert Richee, 1895 - 1972"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Sessue Hayakawa, 10 Jun 1889 - 23 Nov 1973"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Interior"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Sessue Hayakawa: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Sessue Hayakawa: Performing Arts\\Performer\\Actor\\Movie"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Gelatin silver print"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Image: 26.4 \u00c3\u0097 34.3 cm (10 3/8 \u00c3\u0097 13 1/2\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Sheet: 27.4 \u00c3\u0097 35.3 cm (10 13/16 \u00c3\u0097 13 7/8\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Photograph"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.2015.139", "hash": "ba8f53662c525561952fcd78a7389808cc32f974", "docSignature": "d9b0b8efb64c7358f87403a32bf5b7b4", "timestamp": 1658327600, "lastTimeUpdated": 1653682035, "title": "Sessue Hayakawa"}