People
Heihachirō Ōkawa
- Name: Heihachirō Ōkawa
- Birthday: 1905-09-09
- Also known as: Henry Okawa,Ōkawa Heihachirō,Heihachirô 'Henry' Ôkawa,Хэйхатиро Окава,Хэйхатироо Оокава
- Place of birth: Sōka, Saitama, Japan
- Popularity: 2.917
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| One of Those Things as Kawasaki | 1971-01-22 |
| Destroy All Monsters as Engineer | 1968-08-01 |
| Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Astronomer (uncredited) | 1964-12-20 |
| 47 Ronin | 1962-11-03 |
| Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1 | 1962-07-07 |
| Marines, Let's Go as Yoshida (Hotel Manager) | 1961-08-15 |
| The Big Wave as Yukio's Father | 1961-04-02 |
| The Wind Cannot Read as Lieutenant Nakamura | 1958-06-10 |
| The Mysterians as Person at Board Meeting | 1957-12-28 |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai as Captain Kanematsu | 1957-10-11 |
| Three Stripes in the Sun as Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa) | 1955-11-23 |
| Floating Clouds | 1955-01-15 |
| Ghost Man | 1954-10-13 |
| The Eagle of the Pacific as (uncredited) | 1953-10-21 |
| Geisha Girl | 1952-05-02 |
| A Ripple in a Morning | 1952-05-01 |
| Lil's Return from Shanghai as Takada | 1952-04-04 |
| Dancing Girl as Kayama | 1951-08-17 |
| Tokyo File 212 | 1951-01-26 |
| The Dawn of Freedom as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara | 1944-02-10 |
| Wings of Victory | 1942-10-15 |
| Bouquet of the South Seas as Harada, pilot | 1942-05-21 |
| The Man Who Waited | 1942-04-23 |
| Sky of Hope as Okada | 1942-01-14 |
| Mother of the Red Hands | 1941-09-03 |
| Shanghai Moon | 1941-07-01 |
| Wedding Day | 1940-03-20 |
| Keshô yuki | 1940-02-14 |
| Hikari to kage (Zenpen) | 1940-01-18 |
| Easy Alley | 1939-09-19 |
| Ichiyo Higuchi | 1939-05-31 |
| Numazu Officer School | 1939-02-21 |
| Blizzard Ronin | 1939-01-11 |
| Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro as Matsuzaki | 1938-09-29 |
| Learn from Experience, Part Two | 1937-12-18 |
| Learn from Experience, Part One | 1937-10-01 |
| A Woman's Sorrows | 1937-01-21 |
| Morning's Tree-Lined Street as Ogawa | 1936-11-01 |
| The Road I Travel with You as Asaji Amanuma | 1936-09-11 |
| Brother and Sister | 1936-06-21 |
| The Girl in the Rumor as Shintaro | 1935-12-22 |
| Five Men in a Circus as Kokichi | 1935-10-21 |
| Wife! Be Like a Rose! as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend) | 1935-08-15 |
| Drifting as Sankichi | 1935-06-01 |
| Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts as Aoyama | 1935-03-01 |
| Romantic and Crazy as Count | 1934-05-03 |
| Tipsy Life | 1933-05-04 |
