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Heihachirō Ōkawa

Acting Born Sep 9, 1905 Soka, Saitama, Japan 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Captain Kanematsu
Film

Destroy All Monsters

as Engineer

Full filmography

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Captain Kanematsu
  • Destroy All Monsters (1968) as Engineer
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Astronomer
  • Chûshingura (1962)
  • Floating Clouds (1955)
  • The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) as (uncredited)
  • Interpol Code 8 (1963) as Quyen
  • The Mysterians (1957) as Person at Board Meeting
  • Dancing Girl (1951) as Kayama
  • Sky of Hope (1942) as Okada
  • A Ripple in a Morning (1952)
  • Ghost Man (1954)
  • Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
  • The Man Who Waited (1942)
  • Wings of Victory (1942)
  • One of Those Things (1971) as Kawasaki
  • Bouquet of the South Seas (1942) as Harada, pilot
  • Lil's Return from Shanghai (1952) as Takada
  • All of Myself (1954) as Kadokura
  • Wedding Day (1940)
  • The Girl in the Rumor (1935) as Shintaro
  • The Dawn of Freedom (1944) as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
  • Tipsy Life (1933)
  • Ichiyo Higuchi (1939)