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

  • Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

  • Vacuum Zone

    Vacuum Zone

  • Spring Bell

    Spring Bell

  • The Yakuza

    The Yakuza

  • Onihei Hankachō

    Onihei Hankachō

  • Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood

  • Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

    Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

  • Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

  • The Face of Another

    The Face of Another

  • The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

  • Samurai Spy

    Samurai Spy

  • Here Is a Spring

    Here Is a Spring

  • 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2

    20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2

  • This Transient Life

    This Transient Life

  • Hiroshima Mon Amour

    Hiroshima Mon Amour

  • Vixen

    Vixen

  • Praying Mantis

    Praying Mantis

  • Yokomizo Seishi Series

    Yokomizo Seishi Series

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • Secret Information

    Secret Information

  • The Pirates

    The Pirates

  • ESPY

    ESPY

  • Mother

    Mother

  • Antarctica

    Antarctica

  • Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

  • At the End of the Clouds

    At the End of the Clouds

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • My Way

    My Way

  • Lullaby of the Earth

    Lullaby of the Earth

  • Weeping Doll

    Weeping Doll

  • An Edo Magistrate

    An Edo Magistrate

  • The X from Outer Space

    The X from Outer Space

  • The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

  • Manhunt

    Manhunt

  • The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

    The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

  • The Glacier Fox

    The Glacier Fox

  • Assassination

    Assassination

  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

    Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

  • Rebellion of Japan

    Rebellion of Japan

  • White Beast

    White Beast

  • Violence

    Violence

  • Portrait of Chieko

    Portrait of Chieko

  • 不倫　この愛が裁けますか

    不倫　この愛が裁けますか

  • Love in the North

    Love in the North

  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

    Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

  • Zatoichi's Conspiracy

    Zatoichi's Conspiracy

  • Christ in Bronze

    Christ in Bronze

  • Love and Faith

    Love and Faith

  • Records of Bloodshed

    Records of Bloodshed

  • The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

    The Beauty of the Black Narcissus

  • Devil in My Flesh

    Devil in My Flesh

  • Tower of Lilies

    Tower of Lilies

  • The Strangling

    The Strangling

  • Blood Type: Blue

    Blood Type: Blue

  • Agi, the Fury of Evil

    Agi, the Fury of Evil

  • Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

    Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

  • August without Emperor

    August without Emperor

  • Pretty Devil Yoko

    Pretty Devil Yoko

  • The Story of Pure Love

    The Story of Pure Love

  • Hawk of the North

    Hawk of the North

  • Tattooed Temptress

    Tattooed Temptress

  • Shi no dangai

    Shi no dangai

  • I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat

  • The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

    The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

  • Secret Liaisons

    Secret Liaisons

  • The Stairway to the Distant Past

    The Stairway to the Distant Past

  • Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

    Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

  • The Gate of Youth Part 2

    The Gate of Youth Part 2

  • Cobra 2

    Cobra 2

  • Red Target

    Red Target

  • The Will to Live

    The Will to Live

  • The Scarlet Camellia

    The Scarlet Camellia

  • Permanent Blue

    Permanent Blue

  • Magnitude 7.9

    Magnitude 7.9

  • Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

    Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen

  • A Billionaire

    A Billionaire

  • Showdown in Blood

    Showdown in Blood

  • Japanese Humanity and Justice

    Japanese Humanity and Justice

  • Utamaro's World

    Utamaro's World

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

    The Boy Detectives Club – Doctor Phantom

  • The End of a Day

    The End of a Day

  • Hadashi no seishun

    Hadashi no seishun

  • The Chop Professor

    The Chop Professor

  • Festival of Swordsmen

    Festival of Swordsmen

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

    A Woman Embraced by a Ghost: Departures from the Dead

  • Avalanche

    Avalanche

  • The Yamabiko School

    The Yamabiko School

  • Five Paths to Revenge

    Five Paths to Revenge

  • Dog of Fortune

    Dog of Fortune

  • Bullet Wound

    Bullet Wound

  • She and He

    She and He

  • The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

    The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend

  • A Ripple in a Morning

    A Ripple in a Morning

  • Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

    Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

  • Japan's Most Chivalrous

    Japan's Most Chivalrous

  • The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

    The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

  • A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face

  • A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

    A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

  • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

    Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

  • Hirado Pirates

    Hirado Pirates

  • Take Me Away!

    Take Me Away!

  • The Young

    The Young

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

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

  • The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

    The Boy Detectives Club – The Devil with Twenty Faces

  • Lost Love

    Lost Love

  • Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

    Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki

  • Karate Sanshiro

    Karate Sanshiro

  • Shinran, Part II

    Shinran, Part II

  • Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

  • Traffic Jam

    Traffic Jam

  • The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

  • Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

    Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

  • Gambler's Farewell

    Gambler's Farewell

  • Summer of the Lion Kings

    Summer of the Lion Kings

  • Rebel Against Glory

    Rebel Against Glory

  • Shinran

    Shinran

  • The Ugly American

    The Ugly American

  • Kamikaze, the Adventurer

    Kamikaze, the Adventurer

  • The Rose Colored Two

    The Rose Colored Two

  • The Alaska Story

    The Alaska Story

  • Rififi in Tokyo

    Rififi in Tokyo

  • 夕陽の恋人

    夕陽の恋人

  • Green Requiem

    Green Requiem

  • Kyukei no Koya

    Kyukei no Koya

  • Fearless Opposition

    Fearless Opposition

  • Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

    Dedicated Treasures of Horyuji-Temple

  • 恐怖の空中殺人

    恐怖の空中殺人

  • Oretachi no Tabi

    Oretachi no Tabi

  • Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

    Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

  • Scalpel

    Scalpel

  • Restoration Fire

    Restoration Fire

  • The Killing Game

    The Killing Game

  • Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey

    Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey