- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Soka, Saitama, Japan
- Died
- May 27, 1971
Heihachirō Ōkawa
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)
Filmography
movieOne of Those Things
1971 · Kawasaki
movieDestroy All Monsters
1968 · Engineer
movieKing Kong Escapes
1967 · Translator
movieFrankenstein Conquers the World
1965 · Translator
movieGhidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 · Astronomer
movieInterpol Code 8
1963 · Quyen
movieChûshingura
1962
movieJūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1962
movieMarines, Let's Go
1961 · Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
movieThe Big Wave
1961 · Yukio's Father
movieThe Wind Cannot Read
1958 · Lieutenant Nakamura
movieThe Mysterians
1957 · Person at Board Meeting
movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Captain Kanematsu
movieThree Stripes in the Sun
1955 · Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
movieFloating Clouds
1955
movieGhost Man
1954
movieHusband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Love Express
movieLove Express
1954
movieAll of Myself
1954 · Kadokura
movieThe Eagle of the Pacific
1953 · (uncredited)
movieGeisha Girl
1952
movieA Ripple in a Morning
1952
movieLil's Return from Shanghai
1952 · Takada
movieDancing Girl
1951 · Kayama
movieTokyo File 212
1951
movieThe Dawn of Freedom
1944 · Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
movieWings of Victory
1942
movieBouquet of the South Seas
1942 · Harada, pilot
movieThe Man Who Waited
1942
movieSky of Hope
1942 · Okada
movieMother of the Red Hands
1941
movieShanghai Moon
1941
movieThe Sisters' Agreement
1940 · Hideo Nogami
movieWedding Day
1940
movieKeshô yuki
1940
movieHikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
movieEasy Alley
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
movieIchiyo Higuchi
1939
movieNumazu Officer School
1939
movieBlizzard Ronin
1939
movieTsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Matsuzaki
movieLearn from Experience, Part Two
1937
movieLearn from Experience, Part One
1937
movieA Woman's Sorrows
1937
movieMorning's Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Ogawa
movieThe Responsibility of Kissing
1936
movieThe Road I Travel with You
1936 · Asaji Amanuma
movieBrother and Sister
1936
movieThe Girl in the Rumor
1935 · Shintaro
movieFive Men in a Circus
1935 · Kokichi
movieWife! Be Like a Rose!
1935 · Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
movieDrifting
1935 · Sankichi
movieThree Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935 · Aoyama
movieRomantic and Crazy
1934 · Count
movieTipsy Life
1933