his three children and his grandchildren.

Hayakawa joined Fujitas Japanese theater troupe.but instead he became smitten with the stage and decided to pursue acting.

he lived in a palatial mansion in the Hollywood Hills and threw lavish parties for the glitterati of the Hollywood elite.Sessue Hayakawa was in Los Angeles in the early 1910s and was about to return to Japan to engage in the naval career his parents had planned for him.By Bill WatanabeDid you know that one of the biggest superstars of the silent screen era in Hollywood was a Japanese guy named Sessue Hayakawa?He was cast as the mysterious foreign lover who beguiled young white women on the silver screen before the famous Latin lover Rudolph Valentino.

which won the Oscar for Best Picture and for which Hayakawa was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.who became a major actress in her own right.

Due to the success of that performance.

but it is notable to remember that he was discovered right here in Little Tokyo!Later in life.With its rich history and significant contributions.

and his grandparents had a pre-war small business.His late father and 93-year-old uncle were born in Boyle Heights.

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