Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
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
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movieOne of Those Things
1971
Kawasaki
movieDestroy All Monsters
1968
Engineer
movieMarines, Let's Go
1961
Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
movieThe Big Wave
1961
Yukio's Father
movieThe Wind Cannot Read
1958
Lieutenant Nakamura
movieThe Mysterians
1957
Person at Board Meeting
movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Captain Kanematsu
movieThree Stripes in the Sun
1955
Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
movieAll of Myself
1954
Kadokura
movieThe Eagle of the Pacific
1953
(uncredited)
movieDancing Girl
1951
Kayama
movieThe Dawn of Freedom
1944
Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
movieBouquet of the South Seas
1942
Harada, pilot
movieSky of Hope
1942
Okada
movieThe Sisters' Agreement
1940
Hideo Nogami
movieTsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
Matsuzaki
movieThe Road I Travel with You
1936
Asaji Amanuma
movieThe Girl in the Rumor
1935
Shintaro
movieWife! Be Like a Rose!
1935
Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
movieDrifting
1935
Sankichi
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movieKing Kong Escapes
1967
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movieFrankenstein Conquers the World
1965
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