Heihachirō Ōkawa

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

51

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-09-09

Day of death

1971-05-27 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Soka, Saitama, Japan

Heihachirō Ōkawa

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

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

  • Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

  • Destroy All Monsters

    Destroy All Monsters

  • Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

  • Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

  • The Mysterians

    The Mysterians

  • Wedding Day

    Wedding Day

  • The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific

  • Lil's Return from Shanghai

    Lil's Return from Shanghai

  • Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope

  • Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

  • A Ripple in a Morning

    A Ripple in a Morning

  • Ichiyo Higuchi

    Ichiyo Higuchi

  • Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

  • The Man Who Waited

    The Man Who Waited

  • All of Myself

    All of Myself

  • Ghost Man

    Ghost Man

  • Interpol Code 8

    Interpol Code 8

  • Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    Morning's Tree-Lined Street

  • 土曜日の天使

    土曜日の天使

  • Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

    Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

  • Numazu Officer School

    Numazu Officer School

  • Tokyo File 212

    Tokyo File 212

  • Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

  • Drifting

    Drifting

  • The Big Wave

    The Big Wave

  • Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

  • Bouquet of the South Seas

    Bouquet of the South Seas

  • Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

  • Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

    Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

  • Shanghai Moon

    Shanghai Moon

  • Five Men in a Circus

    Five Men in a Circus

  • Keshô yuki

    Keshô yuki

  • The Girl in the Rumor

    The Girl in the Rumor

  • The Dawn of Freedom

    The Dawn of Freedom

  • Tipsy Life

    Tipsy Life

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

  • Blizzard Ronin

    Blizzard Ronin

  • Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

  • The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

  • The Road I Travel with You

    The Road I Travel with You

  • Marines, Let's Go

    Marines, Let's Go

  • Easy Alley

    Easy Alley

  • Romantic and Crazy

    Romantic and Crazy

  • Geisha Girl

    Geisha Girl

  • One of Those Things

    One of Those Things

  • Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

  • A Sister's Promise

    A Sister's Promise

  • Mother of the Red Hands

    Mother of the Red Hands