Hayakawa
Americannoun
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S(amuel) I(chiye) 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.
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Sessue 1889–1973, Japanese film actor.
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This potentially traumatic subplot is the closest “Renoir” gets to traditional suspense, but even here Hayakawa adopts a muted approach, sidestepping shock value for bittersweet commentary about young people’s confusion around love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Hayakawa pulls from her childhood in multiple ways for her sophomore feature, which premiered in competition at Cannes last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Hayakawa comments: "Well, let us just say that it would be extremely challenging."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023
"It's an awfully big upgrade and shows how the BOJ had made estimates that were way too low," said former BOJ top economist Hideo Hayakawa, who expects negative rates to end in April.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
Sessue Hayakawa should give us Japanese tales more adapted to the films.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel
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