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

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Destroy All Monsters

Chûshingura

The Mysterians

Floating Clouds

Interpol Code 8

The Eagle of the Pacific

All Movies (53)

• One of Those Things1971 · as Kawasaki
• Destroy All Monsters1968 · as Engineer
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster1964 · as Astronomer
• Interpol Code 81963 · as Quyen
• Chûshingura1962
• Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 11962
• Marines, Let's Go1961 · as Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
• The Big Wave1961 · as Yukio's Father
• The Wind Cannot Read1958 · as Lieutenant Nakamura
• The Mysterians1957 · as Person at Board Meeting
• The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Captain Kanematsu
• Three Stripes in the Sun1955 · as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
• Floating Clouds1955
• Ghost Man1954
• Husband Comes Home Every Suturday1954
• Love Express1954
• All of Myself1954 · as Kadokura
• The Eagle of the Pacific1953 · as (uncredited)
• Geisha Girl1952
• A Ripple in a Morning1952
• Lil's Return from Shanghai1952 · as Takada
• Dancing Girl1951 · as Kayama
• Tokyo File 2121951
• The Dawn of Freedom1944 · as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
• Wings of Victory1942
• Bouquet of the South Seas1942 · as Harada, pilot
• The Man Who Waited1942
• Sky of Hope1942 · as Okada
• Mother of the Red Hands1941
• Shanghai Moon1941
• The Sisters' Agreement1940 · as Hideo Nogami
• Wedding Day1940
• Keshô yuki1940
• Hikari to kage (Zenpen)1940
• Easy Alley1939
• Ichiyo Higuchi1939
• Numazu Officer School1939
• Blizzard Ronin1939
• Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro1938 · as Matsuzaki
• Learn from Experience, Part Two1937
• Learn from Experience, Part One1937
• A Woman's Sorrows1937
• Morning's Tree-Lined Street1936 · as Ogawa
• The Responsibility of Kissing1936
• The Road I Travel with You1936 · as Asaji Amanuma
• Brother and Sister1936
• The Girl in the Rumor1935 · as Shintaro
• Five Men in a Circus1935 · as Kokichi
• Wife! Be Like a Rose!1935 · as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
• Drifting1935 · as Sankichi
• Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts1935 · as Aoyama
• Romantic and Crazy1934 · as Count
• Tipsy Life1933