The Bridge on the River Kwai
Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Kuala, the pirate captain in "Swiss Family Robinson" 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.