Heihachiro Okawa

Japanese actor (1905–1971)

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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.^[1] He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films by Howard Hawks and William Wellman.^[1] He returned to Japan in 1933 and co-starred in the Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL) film Horoyoi jinsei.^[1] 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).^[2]

Partial filmography

Ongaku kigeki horoyoi jinsei (1933) - Asao
Junjô no miyako (1933)
Sakura Ondo - namida no haha (1934)
Odoriko nikki (1934)
Namiko no isshô (1934)
Arupusu taishô (1934)
Kinu no dorogutsu (1935)
Three Sisters With Maiden Hearts (1935) - Aoyama
Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) - Seiji, Kimiko's boyfriend
Saakasu goningumi (1935) - Kokichi
The Girl in the Rumor (1935) - Shintaro
Ani imôto (1936) - Student, Obata
Kimi to yuku michi (1936) - Asaji Amanuma
Ren'ai no sekinin (1936)
Ashita no namikimichi (1936) - Ogawa
Nyonin aishû (1937)
Nampû no oka (1937)
Hokushi no sora wo tsuku (1937)
Kafuku zempen (1937)
Kafuku kôhen (1937)
Tetsuwan toshi (1938)
Jinsei keiba (1938)
Tsuruhachi Tsurujirô (1938) - Matsuzaki
Gekka no wakamusha (1938)
Rônin fubuki (1939) - Gengo Ôtaka
Higuchi Ichiyo (1939)
Nonki Yokocho (1939)
Shimai no Yakusoku (1940)
Ungetsu no Kudan no haha (1940)
Totsugu hi made (1940)
Onna no machi (1940) - Shinjiro Ine's husband
Shanhai no tsuki (1941) - Takeshi Yoshino
Warau chikyû ni asa ga kuru (1942)
The Sky of Hope (1942) - Okada
Matte ita otoko (1942)
Nankai no hanataba (1942) - Harada, pilot
Tsubasa no gaika (1942)
Ano hata o ute (1944)
Tokyo File 212 (1951)
Oriental Evil (1951)
Dancing Girl (1951) – Koyama
Shanghai gaeri no Lil (1952) - Takada
Asa no hamon (1952)
Geisha Girl (1952) - Police Inspector
Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
Watashi no subete o (1954)
Doyoubi no tenshi (1954)
Yurei otoko (1954)
Floating Clouds (1955) - Isha
Ai no rekishi (1955) - Clerk
Three Stripes in the Sun (1955) - Father Yoshida
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Captain Kanematsu
Stopover Tokyo (1957) - Lt. Afumi (uncredited)
The Mysterians (1957) - Person at Board Meeting
The Wind Cannot Read (1958) - Lt. Nakamura
Songoku: The Road to the West (1959)
The Big Wave (1961) - Yukio's Father
Marines, Let's Go (1961) - Yoshida (hotel manager)
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) - Kyûdayû Mase
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo (1963) - Quyen
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Astronomer
Destroy All Monsters (1968) - Engineer
Hændeligt uheld (1971) - Kawasaki (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ōkawa Heihachirō". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ Russell, Catherine (18 August 2008). The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanese Modernity. Duke University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-8223-8868-5.