Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
- Born:
- 1905-09-09
- Died:
- 1971-05-27
- Place of birth:
- Soka, Saitama, Japan
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). (Wikkipedia)
Known For
Filmography
One of Those Things
Destroy All Monsters
King of the Raccoon Dogs
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Interpol Code 8
Chûshingura
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Marines, Let's Go
The Big Wave
The Wind Cannot Read
The Mysterians
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Three Stripes in the Sun
The History of Love
Floating Clouds
Ghost Man
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Love Express
All of Myself
The Eagle of the Pacific
Geisha Girl
A Ripple in a Morning
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Dancing Girl
Tokyo File 212
The Dawn of Freedom
Wings of Victory
Bouquet of the South Seas
The Man Who Waited
Sky of Hope
Mother of the Red Hands
Shanghai Moon
The Sisters' Agreement
Wedding Day
Keshô yuki
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Easy Alley
Ichiyo Higuchi
Numazu Officer School
Blizzard Ronin
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Learn from Experience, Part One
A Woman's Sorrows
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
The Responsibility of Kissing
The Road I Travel with You
Brother and Sister
The Girl in the Rumor
Five Men in a Circus
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Drifting
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Romantic and Crazy
Odoriko nikki
Tipsy Life