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)

Most Known For

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Captain Kanematsu

Geisha Girl

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Astronomer

Floating Clouds

One of Those Things

as Kawasaki

Destroy All Monsters

as Engineer

Interpol Code 8

as Quyen

The Mysterians

as Person at Board Meeting

Chûshingura

Wings of Victory

Bouquet of the South Seas

as Harada, pilot

The Dawn of Freedom

as Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara

The Girl in the Rumor

as Shintaro

Sky of Hope

as Okada

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

The Eagle of the Pacific

as (uncredited)

A Ripple in a Morning

Numazu Officer School

Romantic and Crazy

as Count

All of Myself

as Kadokura