About

Known credits:
48
Birthday:
1905-09-09
Place of birth:
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Website:
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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Overview

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

Acting
1971 One of Those Things Actor Kawasaki N/A
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1968 Destroy All Monsters Actor Engineer 61
Fair
1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Actor Astronomer (uncredited) 62
Fair
1962 47 Ronin Actor 60
Fair
1962 Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Marines, Let's Go Actor Yoshida (Hotel Manager) 59
Average
1961 The Big Wave Actor Yukio's Father N/A
N/A
1958 The Wind Cannot Read Actor Lieutenant Nakamura 59
Average
1957 The Mysterians Actor Person at Board Meeting 59
Average
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Actor Captain Kanematsu 74
Good
1955 Three Stripes in the Sun Actor Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa) 59
Average
1955 Floating Clouds Actor 61
Fair
1954 Ghost Man Actor 59
Average
1953 Eagle of the Pacific Actor (uncredited) 59
Average
1952 Geisha Girl Actor N/A
N/A
1952 A Ripple in a Morning Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai Actor Takada N/A
N/A
1951 Dancing Girl Actor Kayama 59
Average
1951 Tokyo File 212 Actor 58
Average
1944 The Dawn of Freedom Actor Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara N/A
N/A
1942 Wings of Victory Actor 59
Average
1942 Bouquet of the South Seas Actor Harada, pilot 58
Average
1942 The Man Who Waited Actor N/A
N/A
1942 Sky of Hope Actor Okada N/A
N/A
1941 Mother of the Red Hands Actor N/A
N/A
1941 Shanghai Moon Actor N/A
N/A
1940 Wedding Day Actor N/A
N/A
1940 Keshô yuki Actor N/A
N/A
1940 Hikari to kage (Zenpen) Actor N/A
N/A
1939 Easy Alley Actor N/A
N/A
1939 Ichiyo Higuchi Actor N/A
N/A
1939 Numazu Officer School Actor N/A
N/A
1939 Blizzard Ronin Actor N/A
N/A
1938 Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Actor Matsuzaki 59
Average
1937 Learn from Experience, Part Two Actor 59
Average
1937 Learn from Experience, Part One Actor 59
Average
1937 A Woman's Sorrows Actor 59
Average
1936 Morning's Tree-Lined Street Actor Ogawa 59
Average
1936 The Road I Travel with You Actor Asaji Amanuma 59
Average
1936 Brother and Sister Actor 59
Average
1935 The Girl in the Rumor Actor Shintaro 59
Average
1935 Five Men in a Circus Actor Kokichi 59
Average
1935 Wife! Be Like a Rose! Actor Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend) 59
Average
1935 Drifting Actor Sankichi N/A
N/A
1935 Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Actor Aoyama 59
Average
1934 Romantic and Crazy Actor Count N/A
N/A
1933 Tipsy Life Actor N/A
N/A

Crew
1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World Crew Translator 59
Average