I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: Hello, old man, how goes everything.

Throughout his career the United States dealt with yellow peril which affected Americans perceptions of Asians. Some Japanese felt his American success represented turning his back on his nation. In 1924 he made The Great Prince Chan and The Story of Su in London.

Hayakawa was active at the outset of the American film industry. g. Hayakawa refused to adopt the negative stereotypes he abandoned Hollywood for European cinema and there he was treated equally.