Eiji Okada
Known for Acting · 144 credits
- Born
- 1920-06-13
- Died
- 1995-09-14
- Place of birth
- Choshi, Chiba, Japan
- Also known as
- Okada Eiji · Эйдзи Окада
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Eiji Okada (13 June 1920 Chōshi, Chiba, Japan – 14 September 1995 Japan) was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor.
Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him," in French) in the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes (1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel.
Okada was married to Aiko Wasa, with whom he ran a theatre company in Japan. He died on September 14, 1995 of heart failure, at the age of 75.
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (138)
Woman in the Dunes
1964
as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Praying Mantis
1983
as Taichi Dôjima
Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959
as Lui
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Tattooed Temptress
1968
The Chop Professor
1956
The Will to Live
1967
Green Requiem
1988
The Face of Another
1966
as The Boss
Lady Snowblood
1973
as Gishirō Tsukamoto
Crazed Fruit
1981
as Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)
Weeping Doll
1951
as Ryuji
Five Paths to Revenge
1956
as Jun Mitani
The Yamabiko School
1952
Spring Bell
1985
as Hachiro Ishimoto
The Glacier Fox
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Hana to hatō
1954
Stars and Storms
1976
Don't Touch the Bride! My Son is a Murderer
1981
Antarctica
1983
as Ozawa Taicho
The Ugly American
1963
as Deong
Festival of Swordsmen
1961
as Kamio Shume
Secret Information
1968
as Toru Kijima
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
The Love Letter Trial
1951
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
1978
Manhunt
1976
Hawk of the North
1959
Gambler's Farewell
1968
as Riichirô Maejima
Heat Wave
1991
as Masakichi Ono
The X from Outer Space
1967
as Dr. Kato
This Transient Life
1970
as Mori
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
as Evangelist
Silence
1971
as Inoue Chikugonokami
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
as 里見
Haigo no hito
1965
as Masaaki Izumida
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
as Shinbei
Assassination
1964
as Lord Matsudaira
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
as Shogen Wakita
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952
as Reporter Saeki
The Young
1977
The Rose Colored Two
1967
as Director Iwamoto
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple
1971
as (voice)
Vixen
1969
as Nobuyuki Ishido
Utamaro's World
1977
as Tanuma
August Without Emperor
1978
as Assistant General Tokunaga
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as White Man
ESPY
1974
as Salabad
The Yakuza
1974
as Tono
Samurai Spy
1965
as Tatewaki Koriyama
Magnitude 7.9
1980
as Professor Watanabe
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
Restoration Fire
1961
as Yamanami Keisuke
A Billionaire
1954
as Monta
Summer of the Lion Kings
1991
Hiroshima
1953
as Kitagawa
Till We Meet Again
1950
as Saburo Tajima
I Am a Cat
1975
as Bunmei
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Gennosuke / Tesshin
Take Me Away!
1978
as Ryunosuke Tamaru
Dog of Fortune
1979
as Shuhei Agata
The Eleventh Hour
1957
as Shimano
Cobra 2
1976
as Kudo
Secret Liaisons
1995
Vacuum Zone
1952
White Beast
1950
Scalpel
1974
as Kokubo
The Story of Pure Love
1957
My Way
1974
as Lawyer
Rififi in Tokyo
1963
as Danny Riquet
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Nozawa
Mother
1952
as Shinjiro Hirai
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Hirado Pirates
1955
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1960
Here Is a Spring
1955
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Genjirô Maruume
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
as Ensign Asakura
The Strangling
1979
as Yoshio Morikawa
Tower of Lilies
1953
as Teacher Tamai
Lost Love
1978
as Professor Kamiyama
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971
Traffic Jam
1991
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Tsubaki
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Love and Faith
1978
as Ankokuji
She and He
1963
as Eiichi Ishikawa
Pretty Devil Yoko
1966
as Asai
Fearless Opposition
1958
Violence
1952
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
1957
as Kogoro Akechi
Records of Bloodshed
1970
as Seiichiro Machida
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Cliff of Death
1982
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Christ in Bronze
1955
as Hagiwara Yusa
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Shinran, Part II
1960
The End of a Day
1954
as Leutnant Guni Hanata
Permanent Blue
1976
Bullet Wound
1969
Frozen River
1976
Showdown in Blood
1957
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
1961
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Shuji Onoda
The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces
1956
as Kogoro Akechi
The Alaska Story
1977
as Amaohka
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
The Killing Game
1973
Agi, the Fury of Evil
1984
as Omi-no-kami
不倫 この愛が裁けますか
1984
Shinran
1960
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
1957
as Kogoro Akechi
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1980
Avalanche
1956
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
About Eiji Okada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Okada (13 June 1920 Chōshi, Chiba, Japan – 14 September 1995 Japan) was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him," in French) in the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes (1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel. Okada was married to Aiko Was… With 144 credits spanning from 1949 to 1995, Eiji Okada has appeared in 138 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Woman in the Dunes (1964) — as Entomologist Niki Jumpei
- Praying Mantis (1983) — as Taichi Dôjima
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) — as Lui
- Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961)
- An Edo Magistrate (1961)
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