Acting
Heihachirō Ōkawa
EN, JA cinema · 58 credits
Born
9 September 1905
Died
27 May 1971 (aged 65)
Birthplace
Soka, Saitama, Japan
Also known as Henry Okawa · Ōkawa Heihachirō · Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa · Хэйхатиро Окава · Хэйхатироо Оокава · هیهیچیرو اوکاوا
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
Filmography
One of Those Things
as Kawasaki
Destroy All Monsters
as Engineer
King Kong Escapes
Translator
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Astronomer
Interpol Code 8
as Quyen
Marines, Let's Go
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
The Big Wave
as Yukio's Father
The Wind Cannot Read
as Lieutenant Nakamura
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Captain Kanematsu
The Mysterians
as Person at Board Meeting
Three Stripes in the Sun
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
All of Myself
as Kadokura
The Eagle of the Pacific
as (uncredited)
Dancing Girl
as Kayama
The Dawn of Freedom
as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
Bouquet of the South Seas
as Harada, pilot
Sky of Hope
as Okada
The Sisters' Agreement
as Hideo Nogami
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Matsuzaki
The Road I Travel with You
as Asaji Amanuma
Five Men in a Circus
as Kokichi
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
The Girl in the Rumor
as Shintaro
Drifting
as Sankichi
