Heihachirō Ōkawa
Actor
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)
Filmography
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Astronomer 1964
Destroy All Monsters
as Engineer 1968
Floating Clouds
1955
The Mysterians
as Person at Board Meeting 1957
Chûshingura
1962
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend) 1935
The Wind Cannot Read
as Lieutenant Nakamura 1958
Dancing Girl
as Kayama 1951
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
as Matsuzaki 1938
The Eagle of the Pacific
as (uncredited) 1953
The Road I Travel with You
as Asaji Amanuma 1936
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
as Aoyama 1935
The Girl in the Rumor
as Shintaro 1935
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
as Ogawa 1936
Tokyo File 212
1951
A Woman's Sorrows
1937