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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

120

Movies

54

TV

0

Born
September 9, 1905 – May 27, 1971
From
Soka, Saitama, Japan

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)

Works

54 films

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

19577.8

Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters

19686.9

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

19647.0

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

19356.6

One of Those Things

One of Those Things

19719.0

Chûshingura

Chûshingura

19627.1

The Mysterians

The Mysterians

19576.4

Geisha Girl

Geisha Girl

19526.5

Learn from Experience, Part One

Learn from Experience, Part One

19376.7

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

19357.2

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

19557.7

Five Men in a Circus

Five Men in a Circus

19356.0

The Eagle of the Pacific

The Eagle of the Pacific

19537.8

Interpol Code 8

Interpol Code 8

19637.5

The Road I Travel with You

The Road I Travel with You

19366.7

Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun

19557.0

The Responsibility of Kissing

The Responsibility of Kissing

1936

The Wind Cannot Read

The Wind Cannot Read

19586.4

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Learn from Experience, Part Two

19376.3

The Girl in the Rumor

The Girl in the Rumor

19356.2

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

19516.4

Wings of Victory

Wings of Victory

19426.8

Love Express

Love Express

1954

Sky of Hope

Sky of Hope

19428.0

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

19366.7

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

19386.6

Odoriko nikki

Odoriko nikki

1934

The Big Wave

The Big Wave

196110.0

Ghost Man

Ghost Man

19546.7

Bouquet of the South Seas

Bouquet of the South Seas

19426.3

Tokyo File 212

Tokyo File 212

19515.1

Marines, Let's Go

Marines, Let's Go

19617.0

Shanghai Moon

Shanghai Moon

19418.0

The Man Who Waited

The Man Who Waited

19428.0

Ichiyo Higuchi

Ichiyo Higuchi

19398.0

Numazu Officer School

Numazu Officer School

19397.0

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1962

A Ripple in a Morning

A Ripple in a Morning

19527.0

Tipsy Life

Tipsy Life

193310.0

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

1940

All of Myself

All of Myself

1954

The Dawn of Freedom

The Dawn of Freedom

1944

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

1940

Drifting

Drifting

1935

Keshô yuki

Keshô yuki

1940

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

195410.0

A Woman's Sorrows

A Woman's Sorrows

19376.7

The Sisters' Agreement

The Sisters' Agreement

1940

Easy Alley

Easy Alley

193910.0

Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister

19366.3

Blizzard Ronin

Blizzard Ronin

1939

Mother of the Red Hands

Mother of the Red Hands

1941

Romantic and Crazy

Romantic and Crazy

1934

Lil's Return from Shanghai

Lil's Return from Shanghai

19527.5