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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Acting·1905–1971·51 films

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 foreig

Filmography

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Captain Kanematsu
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)Astronomer
Destroy All Monsters
Destroy All Monsters (1968)Engineer
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds (1955)
The Mysterians
The Mysterians (1957)Person at Board Meeting
Chûshingura
Chûshingura (1962)
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
The Wind Cannot Read
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)Lieutenant Nakamura
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl (1951)Kayama
The Eagle of the Pacific
The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)(uncredited)
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938)Matsuzaki
The Girl in the Rumor
The Girl in the Rumor (1935)Shintaro
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)Aoyama
The Road I Travel with You
The Road I Travel with You (1936)Asaji Amanuma
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)Ogawa
A Woman's Sorrows
A Woman's Sorrows (1937)
Tokyo File 212
Tokyo File 212 (1951)
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Learn from Experience, Part One
Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)
Five Men in a Circus
Five Men in a Circus (1935)Kokichi
Interpol Code 8
Interpol Code 8 (1963)Quyen
Wings of Victory
Wings of Victory (1942)
Bouquet of the South Seas
Bouquet of the South Seas (1942)Harada, pilot
Three Stripes in the Sun
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Brother and Sister
Brother and Sister (1936)
Ghost Man
Ghost Man (1954)
A Ripple in a Morning
A Ripple in a Morning (1952)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952)Takada
Marines, Let's Go
Marines, Let's Go (1961)Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
Geisha Girl
Geisha Girl (1952)
The Man Who Waited
The Man Who Waited (1942)
Sky of Hope
Sky of Hope (1942)Okada
Shanghai Moon
Shanghai Moon (1941)
The Big Wave
The Big Wave (1961)Yukio's Father
Tipsy Life
Tipsy Life (1933)
Easy Alley
Easy Alley (1939)
Numazu Officer School
Numazu Officer School (1939)
One of Those Things
One of Those Things (1971)Kawasaki
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday (1954)
All of Myself
All of Myself (1954)Kadokura
Romantic and Crazy
Romantic and Crazy (1934)Count
Wedding Day
Wedding Day (1940)
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Hikari to kage (Zenpen) (1940)
Keshô yuki
Keshô yuki (1940)
Blizzard Ronin
Blizzard Ronin (1939)
Drifting
Drifting (1935)Sankichi
Mother of the Red Hands
Mother of the Red Hands (1941)
The Dawn of Freedom
The Dawn of Freedom (1944)Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 (1962)
The Sisters' Agreement
The Sisters' Agreement (1940)Hideo Nogami
The Responsibility of Kissing
The Responsibility of Kissing (1936)