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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)


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Born:
Sep 9, 1905 In Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
45
First Appeared:
In the movie Tipsy Life 1933-05-04
Latest Project:
Movie One of Those Things 1971-01-22
Known For
Poster of The Dawn of Freedom
Poster of The Road I Travel with You
Poster of The Girl in the Rumor
Poster of Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Filmography
Movie One of Those Things Kawasaki 1971-01-22
Movie Destroy All Monsters Engineer 1968-08-01
Movie Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Astronomer (uncredited) 1964-12-20
Movie 47 Ronin 1962-11-03
Movie The Big Wave Yukio's Father 1961-04-02
Movie Marines, Let's Go Yoshida (Hotel Manager) 1961-08-15
Movie The Wind Cannot Read Lieutenant Nakamura 1958-06-10
Movie The Bridge on the River Kwai Captain Kanematsu 1957-10-11
Movie The Mysterians Person at Board Meeting 1957-12-28
Movie Floating Clouds 1955-01-15
Movie Three Stripes in the Sun Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa) 1955-11-23
Movie Ghost Man 1954-10-13
Movie Eagle of the Pacific (uncredited) 1953-10-21
Movie A Ripple in a Morning 1952-05-01
Movie Lil's Return from Shanghai Takada 1952-04-04
Movie Geisha Girl 1952-05-02
Movie Tokyo File 212 1951-01-26
Movie Dancing Girl Kayama 1951-08-17
Movie The Dawn of Freedom Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara 1944-02-10
Movie The Man Who Waited 1942-04-23
Movie Sky of Hope Okada 1942-01-14
Movie Bouquet of the South Seas Harada, pilot 1942-05-21
Movie Wings of Victory 1942-10-15
Movie Shanghai Moon 1941-07-01
Movie Mother of the Red Hands 1941-09-03
Movie Hikari to kage (Zenpen) 1940-01-18
Movie Keshô yuki 1940-02-14
Movie Wedding Day 1940-03-20
Movie Blizzard Ronin 1939-01-11
Movie Ichiyo Higuchi 1939-05-31
Movie Easy Alley 1939-09-19
Movie Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Matsuzaki 1938-09-29
Movie A Woman's Sorrows 1937-01-21
Movie Learn from Experience, Part Two 1937-12-18
Movie Learn from Experience, Part One 1937-10-01
Movie Brother and Sister 1936-06-21
Movie The Road I Travel with You Asaji Amanuma 1936-09-11
Movie Morning's Tree-Lined Street Ogawa 1936-11-01
Movie Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Aoyama 1935-03-01
Movie Drifting Sankichi 1935-06-01
Movie Five Men in a Circus Kokichi 1935-10-21
Movie Wife! Be Like a Rose! Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend) 1935-08-15
Movie The Girl in the Rumor Shintaro 1935-12-22
Movie Romantic and Crazy Count 1934-05-03
Movie Tipsy Life 1933-05-04