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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Actor · Born 1905-09-09 · Soka, Saitama, Japan

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Biography

Heihachiro Okawa (Japanese: 大川 平八郎 Hepburn: Ōkawa Heihachirō, 9 September 1905 – 27 May 1971), also sometimes credited as Henry Okawa (ヘンリー大川), was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films by Howard Hawks and William Wellman. He returned to Japan in 1933 and co-starred in the Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL) film Horoyoi jinsei. He later appeared in foreign films under the name Henry Okawa. He is best known for Moyuru ōzora (1940), Dawn of Freedom (1944) Tokyo File 212 (1951), Floating Clouds (1955) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). (Wikkipedia)

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — Captain Kanematsu
  2. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Astronomer
  3. Destroy All Monsters (1968) — Engineer
  4. Floating Clouds (1955)
  5. The Mysterians (1957) — Person at Board Meeting
  6. Chûshingura (1962)
  7. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) — Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
  8. The Wind Cannot Read (1958) — Lieutenant Nakamura
  9. Dancing Girl (1951) — Kayama
  10. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938) — Matsuzaki
  11. The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) — (uncredited)
  12. The Road I Travel with You (1936) — Asaji Amanuma
  13. The Girl in the Rumor (1935) — Shintaro
  14. Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) — Aoyama
  15. Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936) — Ogawa
  16. Tokyo File 212 (1951)
  17. A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
  18. Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
  19. Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)
  20. Five Men in a Circus (1935) — Kokichi
  21. Wings of Victory (1942)
  22. Bouquet of the South Seas (1942) — Harada, pilot
  23. Three Stripes in the Sun (1955) — Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
  24. Interpol Code 8 (1963) — Quyen
  25. Ghost Man (1954)
  26. Brother and Sister (1936)
  27. Marines, Let's Go (1961) — Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
  28. Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952) — Takada
  29. Geisha Girl (1952)
  30. A Ripple in a Morning (1952)
  31. The Man Who Waited (1942)
  32. Easy Alley (1939)
  33. Ichiyo Higuchi (1939)
  34. Tipsy Life (1933)
  35. One of Those Things (1971) — Kawasaki
  36. The Big Wave (1961) — Yukio's Father
  37. Shanghai Moon (1941)
  38. Sky of Hope (1942) — Okada
  39. Numazu Officer School (1939)
  40. Husband Comes Home Every Suturday (1954)