Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

9/9/1905 – 5/27/1971Soka, Saitama, Japan

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 (53 titles)

One of Those Things9.0Movie

One of Those Things

Kawasaki · 1971

Destroy All Monsters6.9Movie

Destroy All Monsters

Engineer · 1968

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster7.0Movie

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Astronomer · 1964

Interpol Code 87.5Movie

Interpol Code 8

Quyen · 1963

Chûshingura7.1Movie

Chûshingura

1962

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1Movie

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1962

Marines, Let's Go7.0Movie

Marines, Let's Go

Yoshida (Hotel Manager) · 1961

The Big Wave10.0Movie

The Big Wave

Yukio's Father · 1961

The Wind Cannot Read6.4Movie

The Wind Cannot Read

Lieutenant Nakamura · 1958

The Mysterians6.4Movie

The Mysterians

Person at Board Meeting · 1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai7.8Movie

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Captain Kanematsu · 1957

Three Stripes in the Sun7.0Movie

Three Stripes in the Sun

Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa) · 1955

Floating Clouds7.7Movie

Floating Clouds

1955

Ghost Man6.7Movie

Ghost Man

1954

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday10.0Movie

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

1954

Movie

Love Express

1954

All of MyselfMovie

All of Myself

Kadokura · 1954

The Eagle of the Pacific7.8Movie

The Eagle of the Pacific

(uncredited) · 1953

Geisha Girl6.5Movie

Geisha Girl

1952

A Ripple in a Morning7.0Movie

A Ripple in a Morning

1952

Lil's Return from Shanghai7.5Movie

Lil's Return from Shanghai

Takada · 1952

Dancing Girl6.4Movie

Dancing Girl

Kayama · 1951

Tokyo File 2125.1Movie

Tokyo File 212

1951

The Dawn of FreedomMovie

The Dawn of Freedom

Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara · 1944

Wings of Victory6.8Movie

Wings of Victory

1942

Bouquet of the South Seas6.3Movie

Bouquet of the South Seas

Harada, pilot · 1942

The Man Who Waited8.0Movie

The Man Who Waited

1942

Sky of Hope8.0Movie

Sky of Hope

Okada · 1942

Mother of the Red HandsMovie

Mother of the Red Hands

1941

Shanghai Moon8.0Movie

Shanghai Moon

1941