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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Lived · 65 Born · Sep 9, 1905 From · Soka, Saitama, Japan Films · 51

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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).

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Known for

One of Those Things poster

One of Those Things

Destroy All Monsters poster

Destroy All Monsters

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster poster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Interpol Code 8 poster

Interpol Code 8

Career timeline

1971

One of Those Things Notable

Kawasaki · 1971

1968

Destroy All Monsters

Engineer · 1968

1964

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Astronomer · 1964

1963

Interpol Code 8 Notable

1962

Chûshingura Notable

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1961

Marines, Let's Go Notable

Yoshida (Hotel Manager) · 1961

The Big Wave Notable

Yukio's Father · 1961

1958

The Wind Cannot Read

Lieutenant Nakamura · 1958

1957

Person at Board Meeting · 1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai Notable

Captain Kanematsu · 1957

1955

Three Stripes in the Sun Notable

Father Yoshida (as Henry Okaw · 1955

Floating Clouds Notable

1954

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday Notable

Kadokura · 1954

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific Notable

(uncredited) · 1953

1952

A Ripple in a Morning Notable

Lil's Return from Shanghai Notable

1951

1944

The Dawn of Freedom

Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara · 1944

1942

Wings of Victory

Bouquet of the South Seas

Harada, pilot · 1942

The Man Who Waited Notable

1941

Mother of the Red Hands

Shanghai Moon Notable

1940

The Sisters' Agreement

Hideo Nogami · 1940

1939

Easy Alley Notable

Numazu Officer School Notable

1938

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

Matsuzaki · 1938

1937

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Learn from Experience, Part One

A Woman's Sorrows

Frequently appears with

Susanne Strauss

Frederick Jaeger

Yukiko Kobayashi

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Chōtarō Tōgin

Full filmography

One of Those Things poster

One of Those Things

Destroy All Monsters poster

Destroy All Monsters

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster poster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Interpol Code 8 poster

Interpol Code 8

Chûshingura poster

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 poster

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

Marines, Let's Go poster

Marines, Let's Go

The Big Wave poster

The Wind Cannot Read poster

The Wind Cannot Read

The Mysterians poster

The Bridge on the River Kwai poster

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Three Stripes in the Sun poster

Three Stripes in the Sun

Floating Clouds poster

Floating Clouds

Ghost Man poster

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday poster

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

All of Myself poster

The Eagle of the Pacific poster

The Eagle of the Pacific

Geisha Girl poster

A Ripple in a Morning poster

A Ripple in a Morning

Lil's Return from Shanghai poster

Lil's Return from Shanghai

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