Heihachirō Ōkawa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-09-09
Day of Death
1971-05-27 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Heihachirō Ōkawa
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
Acting
(1971)
One of Those Things
as Kawasaki
(1968)
Destroy All Monsters
as Engineer
(1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Astronomer (uncredited)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
The Big Wave
as Yukio's Father
(1961)
Marines, Let's Go
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
(1958)
The Wind Cannot Read
as Lieutenant Nakamura
(1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Captain Kanematsu
(1957)
The Mysterians
as Person at Board Meeting
(1955)
(1955)
Three Stripes in the Sun
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
(1954)
(1954)
All of Myself
as Kadokura
(1953)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
as Takada
(1952)
(1951)
Dancing Girl
as Kayama
(1951)
(1944)
The Dawn of Freedom
as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
(1942)
(1942)
Sky of Hope
as Okada
(1942)
(1942)
Bouquet of the South Seas
as Harada, pilot
(1941)
(1941)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Matsuzaki
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1936)
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as Ogawa
(1936)
The Road I Travel with You
as Asaji Amanuma
(1936)
(1935)
The Girl in the Rumor
as Shintaro
(1935)
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
(1935)
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Aoyama
(1935)
Drifting
as Sankichi
(1935)
Five Men in a Circus
as Kokichi
(1934)
Romantic and Crazy
as Count
(1933)
Crew
(1967)
King Kong Escapes
Translator
(1965)
Frankenstein Conquers the World
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