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

Sōka, 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

  • The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

  • Destroy All Monsters

    Destroy All Monsters

  • 土曜日の天使

    土曜日の天使

  • Five Men in a Circus

    Five Men in a Circus

  • Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

  • Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

    Hikari to kage (Zenpen)

  • Drifting

    Drifting

  • The Big Wave

    The Big Wave

  • A Woman's Sorrows

    A Woman's Sorrows

  • Wife! Be Like a Rose!

    Wife! Be Like a Rose!

  • Wedding Day

    Wedding Day

  • Numazu Officer School

    Numazu Officer School

  • Shanghai Moon

    Shanghai Moon

  • Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

    Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

  • Romantic and Crazy

    Romantic and Crazy

  • Tipsy Life

    Tipsy Life

  • The Road I Travel with You

    The Road I Travel with You

  • Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

    Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

  • The Girl in the Rumor

    The Girl in the Rumor

  • Easy Alley

    Easy Alley

  • Blizzard Ronin

    Blizzard Ronin

  • Lil's Return from Shanghai

    Lil's Return from Shanghai

  • Bouquet of the South Seas

    Bouquet of the South Seas

  • Interpol Code 8

    Interpol Code 8

  • The Mysterians

    The Mysterians

  • All of Myself

    All of Myself

  • Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

  • Morning's Tree-Lined Street

    Morning's Tree-Lined Street

  • Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

    Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

  • The Dawn of Freedom

    The Dawn of Freedom

  • Ichiyo Higuchi

    Ichiyo Higuchi

  • Tokyo File 212

    Tokyo File 212

  • A Ripple in a Morning

    A Ripple in a Morning

  • Ghost Man

    Ghost Man

  • Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

  • Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

  • Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • The Man Who Waited

    The Man Who Waited

  • The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific

  • Sky of Hope

    Sky of Hope

  • Keshô yuki

    Keshô yuki

  • Learn from Experience, Part One

    Learn from Experience, Part One

  • Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

  • Marines, Let's Go

    Marines, Let's Go

  • Geisha Girl

    Geisha Girl

  • One of Those Things

    One of Those Things

  • A Sister's Promise

    A Sister's Promise

  • Mother of the Red Hands

    Mother of the Red Hands