Heihachirō Ōkawa
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1905-09-09
Deathday 1971-05-27 (65 years old)
Place of Birth Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Also Known As Henry Okawa, Ōkawa Heihachirō, Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa, Хэйхатиро Окава, Хэйхатироо Оокава
Heihachirō Ōkawa
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)
Known For
Actor
as Kawasaki
as Engineer
as Astronomer (uncredited)
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
as Yukio's Father
as Lieutenant Nakamura
as Person at Board Meeting
as Captain Kanematsu
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
as (uncredited)
as Takada
as Kayama
as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
as Harada, pilot
as Okada
as Matsuzaki
as Ogawa
as Asaji Amanuma
as Shintaro
as Kokichi
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
as Sankichi
as Aoyama
as Count
Crew
as Translator