Cast
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
Cast
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-09-09
From
Soka, Saitama, Japan
Died
1971-05-27
Also known as Henry Okawa, Ōkawa Heihachirō, Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa
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)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Captain Kanematsu
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Astronomer
Destroy All Monsters
as Engineer
Floating Clouds
Chûshingura
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Aoyama
The Mysterians
as Person at Board Meeting
The Eagle of the Pacific
as (uncredited)
Learn from Experience, Part One
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
One of Those Things
as Kawasaki
Sky of Hope
as Okada
All of Myself
as Kadokura
Interpol Code 8
as Quyen
Wings of Victory
Five Men in a Circus
as Kokichi
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Matsuzaki
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Dancing Girl
as Kayama
Ghost Man
Ichiyo Higuchi
A Ripple in a Morning
Lil's Return from Shanghai
as Takada
The Girl in the Rumor
as Shintaro
The Man Who Waited
The Road I Travel with You
as Asaji Amanuma
Drifting
as Sankichi
Bouquet of the South Seas
as Harada, pilot
A Woman's Sorrows
Keshô yuki
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Easy Alley
Romantic and Crazy
as Count
Blizzard Ronin
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as Ogawa
Three Stripes in the Sun
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Brother and Sister
The Big Wave
as Yukio's Father
Shanghai Moon
Wedding Day
Mother of the Red Hands
Numazu Officer School
The Dawn of Freedom
as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Tipsy Life
The Sisters' Agreement
as Hideo Nogami
Tokyo File 212
Marines, Let's Go
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
Love Express
The Responsibility of Kissing
The Wind Cannot Read
as Lieutenant Nakamura
