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)
Acted in 53
1970s
- 1971
One of Those Things
Kawasaki
1960s
- 1968
- 1966
King of the Raccoon Dogs
Movie
- 1964
- 1963
Interpol Code 8
Quyen
- 1962
Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1
Movie
- 1961
Marines, Let's Go
Yoshida (Hotel Manager)
The Big Wave
Yukio's Father
1950s
- 1958
The Wind Cannot Read
Lieutenant Nakamura
- 1957
The Mysterians
Person at Board Meeting
- 1955
Three Stripes in the Sun
Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Floating Clouds
Movie
- 1954
Ghost Man
Movie
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Movie
All of Myself
Kadokura
- 1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
(uncredited)
- 1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Movie
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Takada
- 1951
Dancing Girl
Kayama
Tokyo File 212
Movie
1940s
- 1944
The Dawn of Freedom
Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
- 1942
Wings of Victory
Movie
Bouquet of the South Seas
Harada, pilot
The Man Who Waited
Movie
Sky of Hope
Okada
- 1941
Mother of the Red Hands
Movie
Shanghai Moon
Movie
- 1940
The Sisters' Agreement
Hideo Nogami
Wedding Day
Movie
Keshô yuki
Movie
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
Movie
1930s
- 1939
Easy Alley
Movie
Numazu Officer School
Movie
Blizzard Ronin
Movie
- 1938
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Matsuzaki
- 1937
Learn from Experience, Part One
Movie
A Woman's Sorrows
Movie
- 1936
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Ogawa
The Responsibility of Kissing
Movie
The Road I Travel with You
Asaji Amanuma
Brother and Sister
Movie
- 1935
The Girl in the Rumor
Shintaro
Five Men in a Circus
Kokichi
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
Drifting
Sankichi
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Aoyama
- 1934
Romantic and Crazy
Count
- 1933
Tipsy Life
Movie
Other crew 2
1960s
- 1967
King Kong Escapes
Translator
- 1965
