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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Acting
Known For

65 Years Old

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)

Born

Sōka, Saitama, Japan on 9th September 1905

Died

27th May 1971

All Credits

The Bridge on the River Kwai Image
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Captain Kanematsu
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Image
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Astronomer (uncredited)
Destroy All Monsters Image
Destroy All Monsters
Engineer
The Mysterians Image
The Mysterians
Person at Board Meeting
Floating Clouds Image
Floating Clouds
Chûshingura Image
Chûshingura
No Image
Wedding Day
Morning's Tree-Lined Street Image
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Ogawa
The Wind Cannot Read Image
The Wind Cannot Read
Lieutenant Nakamura
Learn from Experience, Part One Image
Learn from Experience, Part One
Bouquet of the South Seas Image
Bouquet of the South Seas
Harada, pilot
Brother and Sister Image
Brother and Sister
The Road I Travel with You Image
The Road I Travel with You
Asaji Amanuma
Wings of Victory Image
Wings of Victory
Dancing Girl Image
Dancing Girl
Kayama
Three Stripes in the Sun Image
Three Stripes in the Sun
Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
The Eagle of the Pacific Image
The Eagle of the Pacific
(uncredited)
A Ripple in a Morning Image
A Ripple in a Morning
No Image
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Takada
A Woman's Sorrows Image
A Woman's Sorrows
The Girl in the Rumor Image
The Girl in the Rumor
Shintaro
Learn from Experience, Part Two Image
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Wife! Be Like a Rose! Image
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Drifting Image
Drifting
Sankichi
Easy Alley Image
Easy Alley
The Man Who Waited Image
The Man Who Waited
The Big Wave Image
The Big Wave
Yukio's Father
Ghost Man Image
Ghost Man
Mother of the Red Hands Image
Mother of the Red Hands
The Dawn of Freedom Image
The Dawn of Freedom
Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Tokyo File 212 Image
Tokyo File 212
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Image
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Aoyama
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 Image
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Tipsy Life Image
Tipsy Life
Romantic and Crazy Image
Romantic and Crazy
Count
Sky of Hope Image
Sky of Hope
Okada
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Image
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Matsuzaki
No Image
Ichiyo Higuchi
Geisha Girl Image
Geisha Girl
Five Men in a Circus Image
Five Men in a Circus
Kokichi
Blizzard Ronin Image
Blizzard Ronin
Numazu Officer School Image
Numazu Officer School
Shanghai Moon Image
Shanghai Moon
Marines, Let's Go Image
Marines, Let's Go
Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
Keshô yuki Image
Keshô yuki
Hikari to kage (Zenpen) Image
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
All of Myself Image
All of Myself
Kadokura
One of Those Things Image
One of Those Things
Kawasaki