Heihachirō Ōkawa
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1905-09-09
- Died
- 1971-05-27
- Place of birth
- Soka, Saitama, Japan
- Also known as
- Henry Okawa · Ōkawa Heihachirō · Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa · Хэйхатиро Окава · Хэйхатироо Оокава · هیهیچیرو اوکاوا
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).
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Known For
Movies (54)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Captain Kanematsu
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935
as Aoyama
One of Those Things
1971
as Kawasaki
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
as Astronomer
Destroy All Monsters
1968
as Engineer
Five Men in a Circus
1935
as Kokichi
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Geisha Girl
1952
The Responsibility of Kissing
1936
Chûshingura
1962
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
The Road I Travel with You
1936
as Asaji Amanuma
Interpol Code 8
1963
as Quyen
Love Express
1954
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
as Lieutenant Nakamura
Floating Clouds
1955
The Mysterians
1957
as Person at Board Meeting
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as (uncredited)
All of Myself
1954
as Kadokura
The Girl in the Rumor
1935
as Shintaro
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
The Man Who Waited
1942
Dancing Girl
1951
as Kayama
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
Tokyo File 212
1951
Odoriko nikki
1934
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942
as Harada, pilot
The Sisters' Agreement
1940
as Hideo Nogami
Ghost Man
1954
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1962
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936
as Ogawa
Keshô yuki
1940
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
Sky of Hope
1942
as Okada
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
as Takada
Shanghai Moon
1941
Drifting
1935
as Sankichi
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Romantic and Crazy
1934
as Count
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Marines, Let's Go
1961
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
Wings of Victory
1942
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Wedding Day
1940
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
as Matsuzaki
Numazu Officer School
1939
Tipsy Life
1933
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
The Big Wave
1961
as Yukio's Father
Mother of the Red Hands
1941
Brother and Sister
1936
Easy Alley
1939
About Heihachirō Ōkawa
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 (PC… With 54 credits spanning from 1933 to 1971, Heihachirō Ōkawa has appeared in 54 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Heihachirō Ōkawa Movies
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — as Captain Kanematsu
- Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) — as Aoyama
- One of Those Things (1971) — as Kawasaki
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — as Astronomer
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) — as Engineer
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