Heihachirō Ōkawa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1905
- Died
- May 27, 1971 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Soka, Saitama, Japan
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)
Known For
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Filmography
One of Those Things
Movie · as Kawasaki
Destroy All Monsters
Movie · as Engineer
King of the Raccoon Dogs
Movie
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Movie · as Astronomer
Interpol Code 8
Movie · as Quyen
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Movie
Chûshingura
Movie
Marines, Let's Go
Movie · as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
The Big Wave
Movie · as Yukio's Father
The Wind Cannot Read
Movie · as Lieutenant Nakamura
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie · as Captain Kanematsu
The Mysterians
Movie · as Person at Board Meeting
Three Stripes in the Sun
Movie · as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Floating Clouds
Movie
The History of Love
Movie
Ghost Man
Movie
All of Myself
Movie · as Kadokura
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Movie
Love Express
Movie
The Eagle of the Pacific
Movie · as (uncredited)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Movie · as Takada
Geisha Girl
Movie
A Ripple in a Morning
Movie
Tokyo File 212
Movie
Dancing Girl
Movie · as Kayama
The Dawn of Freedom
Movie · as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
The Man Who Waited
Movie
Bouquet of the South Seas
Movie · as Harada, pilot
Wings of Victory
Movie
Sky of Hope
Movie · as Okada
Shanghai Moon
Movie
Mother of the Red Hands
Movie
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Movie
Keshô yuki
Movie
Wedding Day
Movie
The Sisters' Agreement
Movie · as Hideo Nogami
Blizzard Ronin
Movie
Easy Alley
Movie
Ichiyo Higuchi
Movie
Numazu Officer School
Movie
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Movie · as Matsuzaki
A Woman's Sorrows
Movie
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Movie
Learn from Experience, Part One
Movie
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Movie · as Ogawa
The Road I Travel with You
Movie · as Asaji Amanuma
Brother and Sister
Movie
The Responsibility of Kissing
Movie
The Girl in the Rumor
Movie · as Shintaro
Five Men in a Circus
Movie · as Kokichi
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Movie · as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Movie · as Aoyama
Drifting
Movie · as Sankichi
Romantic and Crazy
Movie · as Count
Odoriko nikki
Movie
Tipsy Life
Movie