Heihachirō Ōkawa
Acting
Born September 9, 1905 · 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 foreig…
Known For · 40 titles
The Bridge on the River Kwai
One of Those Things
Destroy All Monsters
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
The Mysterians
Chûshingura
Floating Clouds
Learn from Experience, Part One
Interpol Code 8
Geisha Girl
The Wind Cannot Read
Five Men in a Circus
Three Stripes in the Sun
The Eagle of the Pacific
The Responsibility of Kissing
Love Express
Tokyo File 212
The Road I Travel with You
Sky of Hope
Odoriko nikki
The Big Wave
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Wings of Victory
The Girl in the Rumor
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Blizzard Ronin
The Man Who Waited
The Dawn of Freedom
Ghost Man
Dancing Girl
Tipsy Life
Shanghai Moon
All of Myself
A Woman's Sorrows
Marines, Let's Go
Bouquet of the South Seas
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Numazu Officer School