Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
Born: 1905-09-09 in Soka, Saitama, Japan
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
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Captain Kanematsu
One of Those Things
Kawasaki
The History of Love
Destroy All Monsters
Engineer
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Astronomer
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
The Responsibility of Kissing
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Aoyama
Chûshingura
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Wings of Victory
The Girl in the Rumor
Shintaro
Learn from Experience, Part One
Floating Clouds
The Mysterians
Person at Board Meeting
A Ripple in a Morning
Blizzard Ronin
Interpol Code 8
Quyen
Geisha Girl
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Takada
The Eagle of the Pacific
(uncredited)
Shanghai Moon
Ichiyo Higuchi
Bouquet of the South Seas
Harada, pilot
Three Stripes in the Sun
Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
The Wind Cannot Read
Lieutenant Nakamura
The Man Who Waited
Love Express
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Five Men in a Circus
Kokichi
Keshô yuki
Dancing Girl
Kayama
Romantic and Crazy
Count
The Sisters' Agreement
Hideo Nogami
Tokyo File 212
Tipsy Life
Sky of Hope
Okada
All of Myself
Kadokura
Odoriko nikki
The Big Wave
Yukio's Father