Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
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Acting 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 ...
Known For
Filmography
One of Those Things
1971
as Kawasaki
Destroy All Monsters
1968
as Engineer
King of the Raccoon Dogs
1966
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
as Astronomer
Interpol Code 8
1963
as Quyen
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
1962
Chûshingura
1962
Marines, Let's Go
1961
as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
The Big Wave
1961
as Yukio's Father
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
as Lieutenant Nakamura
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Captain Kanematsu
The Mysterians
1957
as Person at Board Meeting
Three Stripes in the Sun
1955
as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Floating Clouds
1955
The History of Love
1955
Ghost Man
1954
All of Myself
1954
as Kadokura
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Love Express
1954
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as (uncredited)
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
as Takada
Geisha Girl
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Tokyo File 212
1951
Dancing Girl
1951
as Kayama
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
The Man Who Waited
1942
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942
as Harada, pilot
Wings of Victory
1942
Sky of Hope
1942
as Okada
Shanghai Moon
1941
Mother of the Red Hands
1941
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Keshô yuki
1940
Wedding Day
1940
The Sisters' Agreement
1940
as Hideo Nogami
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Easy Alley
1939
Ichiyo Higuchi
1939
Numazu Officer School
1939
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938
as Matsuzaki
A Woman's Sorrows
1937
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936
as Ogawa
The Road I Travel with You
1936
as Asaji Amanuma
Brother and Sister
1936
The Responsibility of Kissing
1936
The Girl in the Rumor
1935
as Shintaro
Five Men in a Circus
1935
as Kokichi
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935
as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935
as Aoyama
Drifting
1935
as Sankichi
Romantic and Crazy
1934
as Count
Odoriko nikki
1934
Tipsy Life
1933