Eiji Okada

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

137

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-06-13

Day of death

1995-09-14 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Choshi, Chiba, Japan

Eiji Okada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eiji Okada (13 June 1920 Chōshi, Chiba, Japan – 14 September 1995 Japan) was a Japanese film actor. Okada served in the Japanese army during World War II, and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him," in French) in the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959), directed by Alain Resnais, and the entomologist Niki Junpei in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes (1964), an adaptation of Kōbō Abe's novel. Okada was married to Aiko Wasa, with whom he ran a theatre company in Japan. He died on September 14, 1995 of heart failure, at the age of 75. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eiji Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

  • Silence

    Silence

  • Weeping Doll

    Weeping Doll

  • Secret Information

    Secret Information

  • Onihei Hankachō

    Onihei Hankachō

  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

    Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

  • Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

    Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

  • Rififi in Tokyo

    Rififi in Tokyo

  • Yokomizo Seishi Series

    Yokomizo Seishi Series

  • Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

  • Spring Bell

    Spring Bell

  • The Face of Another

    The Face of Another

  • Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood

  • Hiroshima Mon Amour

    Hiroshima Mon Amour

  • Oretachi no Tabi

    Oretachi no Tabi

  • Antarctica

    Antarctica

  • The Scarlet Camellia

    The Scarlet Camellia

  • The Ugly American

    The Ugly American

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

  • The Young

    The Young

  • The Yakuza

    The Yakuza

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

  • Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

  • Manhunt

    Manhunt

  • Five Paths to Revenge

    Five Paths to Revenge

  • ESPY

    ESPY

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

  • August Without Emperor

    August Without Emperor

  • The Story of Pure Love

    The Story of Pure Love

  • Lullaby of the Earth

    Lullaby of the Earth

  • The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

  • Utamaro's World

    Utamaro's World

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

  • This Transient Life

    This Transient Life

  • Mother

    Mother

  • The Gate of Youth Part 2

    The Gate of Youth Part 2

  • Shi no dangai

    Shi no dangai

  • Portrait of Chieko

    Portrait of Chieko

  • The X from Outer Space

    The X from Outer Space

  • Japan's Most Chivalrous

    Japan's Most Chivalrous

  • The Stairway to the Distant Past

    The Stairway to the Distant Past

  • Magnitude 7.9

    Magnitude 7.9

  • Zatoichi's Conspiracy

    Zatoichi's Conspiracy

  • Blood Type: Blue

    Blood Type: Blue

  • Vixen

    Vixen

  • A Ripple in a Morning

    A Ripple in a Morning

  • Dog of Fortune

    Dog of Fortune

  • Japanese Humanity and Justice

    Japanese Humanity and Justice

  • Kamikaze, the Adventurer

    Kamikaze, the Adventurer

  • The Rose Colored Two

    The Rose Colored Two

  • Lost Love

    Lost Love

  • The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

  • Summer of the Lion Kings

    Summer of the Lion Kings

  • The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

    The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

  • The Pirates

    The Pirates

  • Take Me Away!

    Take Me Away!

  • Love and Faith

    Love and Faith

  • Pretty Devil Yoko

    Pretty Devil Yoko

  • Hirado Pirates

    Hirado Pirates

  • Samurai Spy

    Samurai Spy

  • Restoration Fire

    Restoration Fire

  • Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

  • My Way

    My Way

  • Bullet Wound

    Bullet Wound

  • Kyukei no Koya

    Kyukei no Koya

  • Vacuum Zone

    Vacuum Zone

  • Tower of Lilies

    Tower of Lilies

  • Praying Mantis

    Praying Mantis

  • Assassination

    Assassination

  • A Billionaire

    A Billionaire

  • The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

  • I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat

  • Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

    Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

  • A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

    A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

  • Rebellion of Japan

    Rebellion of Japan

  • The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

    The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

  • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

    Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

  • White Beast

    White Beast

  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

    Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

  • Cobra 2

    Cobra 2

  • The Strangling

    The Strangling

  • Secret Liaisons

    Secret Liaisons

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • Showdown in Blood

    Showdown in Blood

  • Hadashi no seishun

    Hadashi no seishun

  • The Glacier Fox

    The Glacier Fox

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • Christ in Bronze

    Christ in Bronze

  • Rebel Against Glory

    Rebel Against Glory

  • Permanent Blue

    Permanent Blue

  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

    Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

  • Agi, the Fury of Evil

    Agi, the Fury of Evil

  • Gambler's Farewell

    Gambler's Farewell

  • She and He

    She and He

  • Violence

    Violence

  • The Alaska Story

    The Alaska Story

  • At the End of the Clouds

    At the End of the Clouds

  • Shinran, Part II

    Shinran, Part II

  • 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

    20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

  • Records of Bloodshed

    Records of Bloodshed

  • Avalanche

    Avalanche

  • Devil in My Flesh

    Devil in My Flesh

  • Red Target

    Red Target

  • Hawk of the North

    Hawk of the North

  • Shinran

    Shinran

  • The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

    The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

  • Karate Sanshiro

    Karate Sanshiro

  • Here Is a Spring

    Here Is a Spring

  • The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

    The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

  • Traffic Jam

    Traffic Jam

  • Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

    Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

  • The Killing Game

    The Killing Game

  • Love in the North

    Love in the North

  • Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

    Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

  • Green Requiem

    Green Requiem

  • Fearless Opposition

    Fearless Opposition

  • Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey

    Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey

  • The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

    The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

  • A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face

  • The End of a Day

    The End of a Day

  • Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

    Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

  • The Chop Professor

    The Chop Professor

  • The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

    The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

  • Festival of Swordsmen

    Festival of Swordsmen

  • 恐怖の空中殺人

    恐怖の空中殺人

  • 不倫　この愛が裁けますか

    不倫　この愛が裁けますか

  • Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

    Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

  • An Edo Magistrate

    An Edo Magistrate

  • The Yamabiko School

    The Yamabiko School

  • Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

    Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

  • The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

    The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

  • A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead

    A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead

  • Tattooed Temptress

    Tattooed Temptress

  • Scalpel

    Scalpel

  • 夕陽の恋人

    夕陽の恋人

  • The Will to Live

    The Will to Live