Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
1905-09-09 · Soka, Saitama, Japan
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)
Filmography
One of Those Things
1971 · Movie
Destroy All Monsters
1968 · Movie
King Kong Escapes
1967 · Movie
King of the Raccoon Dogs
1966 · Movie
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965 · Movie
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 · Movie
Interpol Code 8
1963 · Movie
Chûshingura
1962 · Movie
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1962 · Movie
Marines, Let's Go
1961 · Movie
The Big Wave
1961 · Movie
The Wind Cannot Read
1958 · Movie
The Mysterians
1957 · Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Movie
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955 · Movie
The History of Love
1955 · Movie
Floating Clouds
1955 · Movie
Ghost Man
1954 · Movie
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954 · Movie
Love Express
1954 · Movie
All of Myself
1954 · Movie
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953 · Movie
Geisha Girl
1952 · Movie
A Ripple in a Morning
1952 · Movie
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1951 · Movie
Tokyo File 212
1951 · Movie
The Dawn of Freedom
1944 · Movie
Wings of Victory
1942 · Movie
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942 · Movie
The Man Who Waited
1942 · Movie
Sky of Hope
1942 · Movie
Mother of the Red Hands
1941 · Movie
Shanghai Moon
1941 · Movie
The Sisters' Agreement
1940 · Movie
Wedding Day
1940 · Movie
Keshô yuki
1940 · Movie
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940 · Movie
Easy Alley
1939 · Movie
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939 · Movie
Numazu Officer School
1939 · Movie
Blizzard Ronin
1939 · Movie
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · Movie
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937 · Movie
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937 · Movie
A Woman's Sorrows
1937 · Movie
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Movie
The Responsibility of Kissing
1936 · Movie
The Road I Travel with You
1936 · Movie
Brother and Sister
1936 · Movie
The Girl in the Rumor
1935 · Movie
Five Men in a Circus
1935 · Movie
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935 · Movie
Drifting
1935 · Movie
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935 · Movie
Romantic and Crazy
1934 · Movie
Odoriko nikki
1934 · Movie
Tipsy Life
1933 · Movie