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What did Sessue Hayakawa do after acting?
Returning to the United States again in 1926 to appear on Broadway—and later in vaudeville—Hayakawa opened a Zen temple and study hall on New York’s Upper West Side.
Did Sessue Hayakawa do anything after becoming a zen master?
Sessue Hayakawa worked as a private acting coach, and authored his autobiography Zen Showed Me the Way.
Was there anything else interesting in this article on Sessue Hayakawa besides his work after acting and zen mastery?
Hayakawa's early films were not popular in Japan because many felt that his roles portrayed an image of Japanese men being sadistic and cruel.

Question: What was his first film debut?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Sessue Hayakawa's first film debut?