Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1905-09-09
- Day of Death1971-05-27 (65 years)
- Place of BirthSōka, Saitama, Japan
- Also Known AsHenry OkawaŌkawa HeihachirōHeihachirô 'Henry' ÔkawaХэйхатиро ОкаваХэйхатироо Оокава
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1971
One of Those Things
As: Kawasaki
- 1968
Destroy All Monsters
As: Engineer
- 1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
As: Astronomer (uncredited)
- 1961
Marines, Let's Go
As: Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
- 1961
The Big Wave
As: Yukio's Father
- 1958
The Wind Cannot Read
As: Lieutenant Nakamura
- 1957
The Mysterians
As: Person at Board Meeting
- 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
As: Captain Kanematsu
- 1955
Three Stripes in the Sun
As: Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
- 1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
As: (uncredited)
- 1951
Dancing Girl
As: Kayama
- 1944
The Dawn of Freedom
As: Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
- 1942
Bouquet of the South Seas
As: Harada, pilot
- 1942
Sky of Hope
As: Okada
- 1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
As: Matsuzaki
- 1936
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
As: Ogawa
- 1936
The Road I Travel with You
As: Asaji Amanuma
- 1935
The Girl in the Rumor
As: Shintaro
- 1935
Five Men in a Circus
As: Kokichi
- 1935
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
As: Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
- 1935
Drifting
As: Sankichi
- 1935
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
As: Aoyama
- 1934
Romantic and Crazy
As: Count